The site originally chosen for the park was the vacant lot behind city hall, but that plan has been shelved because of parking and zoning requirements. David Hull said at a Jan. 12 council meeting where he urged his fellow politicians to hurry up and decide. I don't think there's a Utopia as far as a skateboard park site. When skateboarders rejected Riverside Park as an alternate site in because of its isolation, city councillors began looking in earnest at the Farmer's Market location on Davis, and possibly relocating the farmer's market to Riverside instead, where there's more parking available and more room for expansion. Christensen said the market doesn't need room to expand nor are vendors being turned away.
Someone can always get a space.
Although the market continues to grow each year, the aim is to keep it small by expanding the number of days it operates, tried this past season with Wednesday night markets, rather than sprawl in size. Christensen said the farmer's market is a regional draw that brings money to Terrace and has helped promote interest in agriculture, arts and crafts, and gardening. It would be nice to have the recognition and support of what a good market it is. I think we may have that when we see all the signatures come out.