What the hell? Sounds like the town misplayed this ball like David Carradine with a curtain string. Hey, way to run a great idea into the ground. The above article makes things sound really fishy, like someone salted the earth of the farmer's market idea before it even debuted. But what did you expect, most of the town loves to shop at Harris Cheater and Fresh Market.
Nobody wanted this thing to work more than us. Seriously. The thought of vine-ripened tomatoes, fresh herbs and flowers, cheese, a vari
ety of baked goods, potted garden and house plants, blueberries and strawberries, and everything else that every other farmer's market has to offer, for great prices, had us salivating on Sunday night like a fat person at Casey's Buffet. Then boom! Nothing. Empty. Psych.OK, so it was the first week. The logistics of putting this thing together might have been a bit much to ask on such short notice and....blah, blah, whine, whatever.
The issue is, who the hell wants to wake up on a MONDAY morning and go to do ANYTHING, much less spend money. Monday sucks. Everyone you know thinks Monday sucks, including farmers. They partied all weekend, drank all their 
homemade wine and beer, smoked that herb they grow in the basement, ate some peyote and 'shrooms, and practiced their rabbit shooting skill with the .22 rifle. The last thing they want to do on Monday morning is deal with a bunch of Wrightsville Beach snobs and their strollers and spoiled-brat kids. Ask them if that's true next Monday.So how about some solutions? It should be on Sunday. Why? From a marketing standpoint, it would make more sense to have a farmers market when everyone is at home, on one day of the weekend. Why? Let's get retarded: 1) Most people are not working on the weekends and can attend and buy stuff 2) More farmers can be there 3) It does not compete with Saturday's farmers market downtown for vendors, and locals don't have to travel down there 4) Even Jesus Freaks will be able to enjoy God's fresh bounty when they get out of church 5) People cook on Sundays and might enjoy some fresh ingredients for their Sunday Funday 6) Sunday is a better day to market to all these earthy-crunchy, wannabe hippie kids that should stop talking green and start living it.
That's just the tip of the iceberg. There are probably other reasons to pick Sundays, but let's give it a summer of Mondays and see what happens. But if the vendors are not making money then this great idea will be declared a failure and it will be gone. Best Wishes To All. Seriously.
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