“It’s a work in progress. We are seeing a lot of return customers. The key with a new neighborhood market is that it takes two to three years to train people who live and work in the neighborhood that there is a weekly farmers market within walking distance,” said James Haydu, Marketing Director at the Pike Place Market.

Haydu said the Market’s vendors are getting good feedback about the good quality of the produce. The weekly Market has added fresh take-home pizza and handmade pasta at the request of the members of the Cascade Neighborhood Council, Cascade People’s Center, South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce and other community members involved in the planning of the Market. The stakeholders might consider other possible street locations for next year’s market, although any location selected will be in the SLU neighborhood. The Market will end for the season on Thursday, September 24.