Holiday Block Party offers produce and crafts posted on 12/01/2019
Based on the success of a Harvest Market held in late
October, Lauren Carusona will offer a Holiday Block Party from noon to 8:30
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in the Hoodland Shopping Center, including indoor vendors
offering a range of produce and crafts. The event will be hosted by Mountain
Mel’s and Cooper’s Wine Bar & Shop, offering two indoor locations for local
shoppers to stock up on holiday essentials.
“It was pretty cold for the Harvest Market we did, we
realized it was going to be colder,” said Carusona, the Market Manager for the
Hoodland Farmers Market held on Sundays during the summer.
Vendors at the event will operate in two shifts, the first
from noon to 4 p.m. and the second from 4:30-8:30 p.m. Carusona expects some of
the vendors from the farmers market in attendance, offering produce, preserves,
locally raised pork and more, alongside handmade crafts.
“We’ll have lots of different variety; a little different
and more unique,” Carusona said, adding she expects approximately 30 vendors to
be on hand. “It’s kind of an extension of the summer market with a little more
crafts.”
She added that some businesses in the immediate area will
offer specials and that people can float back and forth between the stores and
the market, while those in attendance can also expect a plump and jolly visitor
spreading holiday cheer.
Carusona noted the Block Party evolved from a holiday market
last year at Camp Arrah Wanna, which was held after she received numerous
requests for the event.
“They’re speaking to us, so let's listen,” Carusona said.
She added that the vendors are local and that the demand for
market and block party show that people are valuing local shopping options for
their food and gifts, particularly those made on Mount Hood.
“It’s all super local people,” Carusona said. “I think
people are starting to value and do that more. We’re happy to provide that.”
She added that if the event proves to be as popular as she
thinks, there is potential to hold more events during the winter.
“We’ve talked about it, (we’re) going to base it off how
this one goes,” Carusona said.
Vendors expected at Cooper’s Wine Bar during the Holiday
Block Party include Chicken Coop Botanicals (noon to 4 p.m.), La Fountain
Herbal (4:30-8:30 p.m.), Copper Goddess Designs (noon to 8:30 p.m.) and Jerry
Cave Jewelry (noon to 8:30 p.m.).
Vendors expected at Mountain Mel’s Essential Goods during
the Holiday Block Party from noon to 4 p.m. include Hood Soaps, Brown Bottle
Farm, Hood Hills Farm, Frances Waddell Art, Harrington Family , Designs by Viki
and Sugar Maple Swine.
Vendors expected at Mountain Mel’s Essential Goods during
the Holiday Block Party from 4:30-8:30 p.m. include Sometimes Sewing, Golden
Wander, Creative Tensions and Hoss Soss.
Vendors expected at Mountain Mel’s Essential Goods during
the Holiday Block Party from noon to 8:30 p.m. include Seams Like Sunshine, Eco
Chick, 4 Hearts Kombucha, Alleyways Handmade and Wyeast Woman.
For more information, find “Hoodland Farmers' Market” on
Facebook.
By Garth Guibord/MT
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