Holiday shops and markets are just a short drive away.
If you’re still holiday shopping, time is running out! There are just a few places where you can buy local art and crafts in the area this weekend, but if you know of any we missed please add the details in the comments. If you're hosting or attending an upcoming craft show, add it to our free event calendar.
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Council approves moving temporary vendor locations to beneath the Haymaker Parkway overpass
Mobile food vendors who set up shop in the evenings in downtown Kent are going to lose their prime spots starting in 2013. Kent City Council voted this week to relocate the designated locations for vendors with the category A license from five spots spread throughout downtown to one location on Franklin Avenue beneath the Haymaker Parkway overpass. Kent Law Director Jim Silver said city officials started to consider relocating the category A vendors after problems with towing cars from designated vending spots, such as the space near the intersection of Main and Water streets in the middle of downtown. "Issues began as soon as we actually had vendors start setting up downtown," Silver said. "Vendors would show, the parking spaces …
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Mural by artist Elaine Hullihen finished just weeks before vandals strike
It didn't take long for vandals to strike the freshly painted mural at the Haymaker Farmer's Market. Market manager Kelly Ferry discovered a graffiti tag on the new mural this weekend. Artist Elaine Hullihen just weeks ago finished the mural, which includes a special overcoat designed to protect against graffiti. Hullihen said the tag should be removable with an application of mineral spirits without causing any damage to the art. The market planned a dedication for the new mural Saturday but postponed the ceremony due to weather. Check Kent Patch for updates to this story. MORE COVERAGE:
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4:37 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012
Laurel, we shared the photo with the hopes that someone could ID the tagger and report him to police for vandalism. The tag has already been removed from the bridge. more ›
First winter market is Nov. 3 at Junction 211
Fans of the Haymaker Farmers Market won't have to wait long for its vendors to return following the end of its summer season. The market's last official day on Franklin Avenue is Saturday, but the Winter Market series starts just one week later on Saturday, Nov. 3. Junction 211, at the corner of Cherry Street and Franklin Avenue, will serve as home for the market through the winter months. It also will serve as the home of the Haymaker Holiday Markets. Marketing and aquaponics consultant Paul Meyers founded The Junction Project in 2011. Its goals are to promote entrepreneurship, education and enlightenment, according to Meyers Linkedin profile. This winter, Haymaker Farmers' Market officially becomes a year-round market, open every …
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City, market receive money through joint application
EBT service at the Haymaker Farmer's Market just got a big boost. The city and the market received $38,000 from a joint application to expand the use of electronic benefits transfer, or EBT, cards at the weekly outdoor market. The grant will allow the market to promote it's EBT or Ohio Direction Card. The card acts like a bank debit card and holds food assistance benefits for residents in the program, according to the Ohio EBT website. Haymaker Market manager Kelly Ferry said the grant will expand access to the market for Kent families. "I'm excited for the opportunity to develop creative new ways to introduce more families in our community to the benefits of buying local at the market, and to continue building partnerships with other …
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12:17 pm on Monday, October 1, 2012
Why don't you take it up with the USDA, rather than criticize our local folks who are just trying to promote the market through a grant that I am sure many farmer's markets were competing for? The program is available, the money is being handed out, why not go for it and make our market a popular place to shop? It's like the stimulus program, you could tell Kent not to apply, but hey, the money … more ›
Months-long painting process nearing an end
The mural that will mark the Haymaker Farmers Market location underneath the Haymaker Parkway overpass is nearly finished. Artist Elaine Hullihen said extensive prep work on the bridge abutments delayed the painting, but she's hopeful to finish the mural in September. Scroll down for past coverage:
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9:53 am on Saturday, August 25, 2012
This mural is very beautiful but I am sure by the time next year it will be marred with ugly spray paint. more ›
Artist Elaine Hullihen starts painting actual mural after months of preparation
At long last, the new mural for the Haymaker Farmers Market is coming to life. Kent artist and Kent Patch columnist Elaine Hullihen started painting the actual mural itself this week after months of preparation at the market site. Hullihen said the entire mural likely won't be finished until some time in August. Scroll down for past coverage:
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7:36 pm on Saturday, July 14, 2012
Lovely~! Can't wait! Kent is turning into a super cool place to live!!!! So proud..! more ›
First coat of primer rolled on Friday, second coat coming on Sunday
It's not very often you can look at a blank canvas and see the exhaustive hours, the days soaked in sweat and the months of preparation behind the effort. But that's exactly what you'll see if you visit the Haymaker Farmers Market today during the Kent Heritage Festival. Elaine Hullihen has spent the past month blasting the layered years of old paint from the abutments of the Haymaker Parkway overpass bridge to ready the surface for a new mural to mark the spot of the farmers market. The local artist and Kent Patch columnist has been working on the mural proposal and design for more than a year. For the past month, Hullihen and a number of volunteers have used a power washer, chisels and paint stripper to try and coax decades of paint from…
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Art work will adorn columns and lintels of Haymaker Parkway overpass bridge
Old started to give way to new this morning, as Kent artist and Kent Patch columnist Elaine Hullihen blasted graffiti and old paint off the supports of the Haymaker Parkway overpass bridge. Hullihen is the artist chosen to paint a new art mural on the supports and lintels of the bridge to celebrate and mark the spot of the Haymaker Farmers Market, which holds its weekly open-air market in the shadows of the bridge on Franklin Avenue. Using a power washer, Hullihen and a few volunteers worked to remove the old paint and graffiti to prep the surface for the new mural, which will incorporate scenes of the market and Kent’s history throughout. The mural is expected to be finished this summer. To read Hullihen's coverage of the Kent arts scene…
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4:44 pm on Friday, June 8, 2012
I'm so excited to see this mural take shape! This town has some amazing artists of all ages, and I love seeing their work become part of the public space. Thanks, Elaine! more ›
Farmers market needs help stripping paint on bridge columns for new art mural
The Haymaker Farmers Market is looking for volunteers to help prepare the columns and supports of the Haymaker overpass for a new art mural. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday volunteers and market members will be removing paint from the concrete supports of the Haymaker Parkway overpass at the market site on Franklin Avenue. The paint is being removed to prepare for installation of a mural by Kent artist Elaine Hullihen to celebrate the market and put its stamp on the location. Hullihen will incorporate scenes of the market and Kent’s history throughout the mural to be painted on the columns and lintels of the bridge. For Kent Community TimeBank members, you can read the time bank listing about Thursday's work party here (this link will not …
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4:55 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Chip, this is nothing more than Ruller moving these venders in hopes people eat and visit these brand new buildings they just spent a ton of money on that could fail according to Dave Ruller. Heres a better solution, keep everything as is, 4 or 5 spots is NOT harming anything downtown in these evening hours. It is nice of Dave Ruller to kick out a local kent guy like Dawgfather. I am so sick of … more ›