Chamber of Commerce Prepping for Farmers' Market

Faces new and old will be showing up when the opens next Thursday, June 9.

"We've never had bison before so that's new, and we haven't had a pickle guy in a couple of years," said Nancy Hafford, executive director of the Towson Chamber of Commerce, talking about some of the 41 regular vendors set for this season.

County Executive Kevin Kamenetz will be on hand to open the market, which will run every Thursday from 10:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Nov. 10.

The market attracts farms from as far away as Pennsylvania, and restaurants as close as along Allegheny Avenue itself.

Local mainstays such as and will be outside serving their fare. And Hafford said she's particularly excited to invite local wineries, thanks to a General Assembly bill allows them to appear at six farmers market every year.

Five of the 46 vendor spaces are reserved for wineries and other occasional farmers' market guests, including nonprofits and area businesses that may show up for a couple weeks at a time.

However, there is one casualty this year: the Saturday farmers' market.

Hafford said businesses were reporting more Saturday traffic and the market, which took over a Baltimore County Revenue Authority-owned lot on Allegheny Avenue, cut too much into Saturday morning parking.

She said she is considering moving the Saturday market to nearby Washington Avenue, home to the

"I want to get our market up on its feet doing well before I promote another outdoor event," she said.