Yorkton Farmer’s Market is back at the Parkland Mall in the city.
Brendon Purton with the farmer’s market explained the market has been going Thursdays for the last four weeks, operating from 11 a.m. to about 3:30 p.m.
The number of vendors is down from what has been normal the last few years, which Purton attributes to COVID-19 concerns.
“We polled vendors,” to determine interest in restarting the market, and now eight-to-10 are coming out, he said.
The market is now housed in a mall store location, rather than the hallway, which relates to ensuring social distancing is maintained, said Purton.
“We talked to the mall to see how we could come back and this was their solution to keep everybody six-feet apart,” he said.
As it stands a maximum of 15 people are allowed in the ‘store’ location, including vendor staff, and only one customer can be at any one table, noted Purton.
The result this Thursday morning was a substantial line-up in the mall hallway waiting to enter the market.
“People are still coming out, which we’re very happy about,” said Purton, although he added overall traffic and sales are lower than normal.
“Everybody is just doing the best they can right now,” he concluded.
