Despite filing for bankruptcy, the market featuring locally-grown produce will remain open.
The Sappington Farmer's Market is keeping its doors open despite filing for bankruptcy on Friday. "The reorganization of Sappington Farmers Market will allow the store to remain open and viable," said Nancy Smith, the market's manager, in a written statement to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "We feel this will position us to be successful in the future." The market, a fixture on Watson Road in Marlborough since the 1990's, named the state of the U.S. economy as a major factor in the decision to file Chapter 11, according to the Webster-Kirkwood Times. The market's most recent projects—a distribution center and store in Lafayette Square and a mobile market for underserved areas of St. Louis—will continue as planned, according to the Times. In…
Marlborough official says idea is still in its early stages.
The owners of Sappington Farmer's Market have asked the Village of Marlborough to consider the establishment of a community improvement district (CID) to provide financing to remodel and expand the market. The market, which is 22,000 square feet, is located at 8400 Watson Road in the General Grant Shopping Center and was established in 1994. Farm to Family Naturally, a six-member cooperative of farmers, purchased the business in 2008. It sells locally grown produce, meats and other grocery items. In a recent board meeting, Village Attorney Paul Rost said he had contacted the market's attorney to find out if the shopping center's landlord had asked the other business owners in the center if they would be interested in participating in the …
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