News Release - Mayor Warren Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrating Completion of City of Rochester Public Market Renovations
City of Rochester
News Release
(Wednesday, July 12, 2017)
– Mayor Lovely A. Warren today joined City Council President Loretta
Scott, Council Vice President Dana Miller, City Councilmembers Michael
Patterson, Jackie Ortiz and Elaine Spaull and New York State Senator
Joseph Robach at a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion
of the City’s, $8.5 million improvement project at the City of Rochester
Public Market.
“Our Public Market has been a center of commerce
and culture in our community for 112 years,” said Mayor Warren. “It is
one of the most dynamic and celebrated public markets in the nation and
the completion of this ambitious project ensures it will remain a
Rochester tradition for generations to come. Investments like this
greatly improves our quality of life, supports local businesses and
creates jobs, which ultimately leads to safer and more vibrant
neighborhoods and better educational opportunities for our citizens.”
The
City and project partners designed and built a new outdoor shed, a
state-of-the-art indoor shed, and four new food stand structures to
provide better amenities and more opportunities for Market vendors and
customers.
The new outdoor “D” Shed is a replica of an original
shed built in 1904-1905 and demolished in 1963. The new shed creates 46
additional vending spots.
The new, indoor “B” Shed replaces a
1977 structure built to house farmers in winter. The new 13,000
square-foot building provides vastly improved amenities and comfort for
vendors and customers. The shed is naturally lit via a fully glass front
and complemented by high efficiency LED lighting. The front also
features large garage door-style bay doors that allow a more open-air
feel in spring and summer. The new indoor shed also employs
state-of-the-art climate controls and includes large, new restroom
facilities for the entire Market. The new indoor “B” Shed will open for
business on Saturday, July 15.
Four individual food stands on the
Market grounds were replaced with custom-fabricated repurposed shipping
containers. These containers have been creatively used worldwide as
efficient modular building units.
Funding for the project was
provided by the City of Rochester, Empire State Development Corporation,
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and the New York
State Dormitory Authority. Additional public funding was also secured by
State Assemblyman David Gantt.
“By supporting the Rochester
Public Market, we are helping New York’s farmers connect with new
consumers while also increasing access to fresh, local produce for our
communities through SNAP and through the State’s FreshConnect Checks
program,” said State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball. “We
congratulate the Rochester Public Market on this incredible milestone
and look forward to our continued partnership in serving New Yorkers.”
The Market is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays year-round and another 47 days per year for free-admission special events.
For more on the City of Rochester Public Market and this Improvement Project, go to www.cityofrochester.gov/publicmarket.
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