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New Combined Downtown Davenport Community Farmers' Market
Petition published by Ed Kraklio on Dec 08, 2007
Target: Farmers, vendors and consumers at Davenport, Iowa Farmers Markets
Region: United States of America
Petition Background (Preamble):
Two existing farmers markets current operate on down town levee area of Davenport, Iowa.
RiverCity Farmers Market, operates on the westside of the parking lot, which is headed by Luann Cedillo and a board of three others.
Mississippi Valley Growers Association, operating on the eastside of said parking lot, wich is headed by Jane Weber and a board of seven others that is self-perpetuated.
Neither of these markets allow their vendors to vote on issues that affect them or to even be at meetings that pertain to them.
Vendors are only notified of any said rules of change until board feel it necessary to let them know.
RiverCity Farmers Market, operates on the westside of the parking lot, which is headed by Luann Cedillo and a board of three others.
Mississippi Valley Growers Association, operating on the eastside of said parking lot, wich is headed by Jane Weber and a board of seven others that is self-perpetuated.
Neither of these markets allow their vendors to vote on issues that affect them or to even be at meetings that pertain to them.
Vendors are only notified of any said rules of change until board feel it necessary to let them know.
Petition:
We the undersigned, call on the Davenport Levee Commission to assist vendors in a reorganization of combined vendors from both markets to give them a voting membership and a safe place to vend for consumers and vendors alike.
The New Combined Downtown Davenport Community Farmers' Market petition to Farmers, vendors and consumers at Davenport, Iowa Farmers Markets was written by Ed Kraklio and is in the category City & Town Planning at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: vendors, farmers, davenport, markets, board, others, consumers, levee, market, combined, parking, headed, parking lot, davenport iowa, farmers markets, farmers market
