Clark County’s newest public market launched over the weekend outside Westfield Vancouver mall, as dozens of vendors offered fresh food and creative craft items in an open-air venue.
The Market at Vancouver Mall, as it is called, featured produce from local farms, fresh food for those looking for a quick snack or meal and a variety of goods produced by local artisans. Entertainers enlivened the atmosphere.
Portland-Vancouver Events organized the market. Some 46 vendors are already signed up to participate at least some of the time, “with more applying each day,” said Dawn Hartwell of the company, also known as PVEvents.
The Market at Vancouver Mall is sponsored by 123 Launch Me, Farmers Insurance/District 6 and McCord’s Vancouver RV Center. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 27 in the parking lot area south of Macy’s at the mall, 8700 N.E. Vancouver Mall Drive.
Other community markets in Clark County are:
• The Vancouver Farmers Market, open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 1 at Sixth and Esther streets,.
• The Battle Ground Village Outdoor Market, open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 26 at the Center Park in Battle Ground Village.
• The Ridgefield Farmers Market, open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 3 at Overlook Park, Pioneer Street and Main Avenue in Ridgefield.
• The Camas Farmer’s Market, open from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays from June 3 through Sept. 30 on Northeast Fourth Avenue between Northeast Everett and Franklin streets.
• The Salmon Creek Farmers’ Market, open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays from June 23 through Sept. 1 and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays July 9 through Sept. 3 behind the Wayside Market and Biscuits Cafe, 1309 N.E. 134th St. A second Salmon Creek farmers market will be set up from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays starting June 23 at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, 2211 N.E. 139th St.
