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A viewer wrote in asking about the farmers market downtown — they heard it might be moving locations again and they can't find solid details anywhere. Is that actually happening?

Well, here's what's going on with that. The Lexington Farmers Market is actually adding a new location starting May fifth — seven thirty-seven National Avenue. But the main Saturday market isn't moving away from downtown. It's still running year-round at Henry A. Tandy Park, which is right there by the courthouse where it's been for decades.

So they're expanding, not relocating?

Exactly. The market actually has several locations now — they run Tuesday through Sunday across four spots in the city. You've got the big Saturday market downtown, the Sunday market on Southland Drive from April to October, Wednesday evenings at Greyline Station from April to November, and now this new National Avenue spot. The only seasonal change is that during winter months from November first through late March, the Saturday market moves indoors to Greyline Station — but that's been their pattern for a while now.

That National Avenue address — is that near anything people would recognize?

Seven thirty-seven National Avenue puts you in the Hamburg area, not too far from the Hamburg Shopping Center. It's pretty accessible from New Circle Road, so it should be convenient for folks coming from different parts of town. The market has really grown over the years — the downtown Saturday market alone has over fifty vendors from thirty-plus central Kentucky counties.

Good to know it's expansion, not displacement. Those Saturday mornings downtown have become such a fixture.

Absolutely. That downtown location really serves as their anchor market and helps bring life to Main Street on weekends. The co-op has been around since nineteen seventy-five, so they're clearly doing something right when it comes to finding spots that work for both vendors and customers.

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