The sun sets over Puget Sound and the Olympic Sculpture Park Farmers Market. Photo copyright 2010 by Zachary D. Lyons.
It is with heavy hearts that we report that your Olympic Sculpture Park Farmers Market will not be returning for a second season in 2011. While the market was a great success in many ways in 2010, the current economic climate, and its effects on local governments and institutions, has left our generous hosts, the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), unable to afford to host us again in 2011. Given that the Olympic Sculpture Park is home to many world-class works of art, SAM was required to provide additional staffing on market days, and that simply is not something it can afford in its budget in 2011.
Another spectacular view of your Olympic Sculpture Park Farmers Market. Photo copyright 2010 by Zachary D. Lyons.
That said, the Seattle Farmers Market Association thanks SAM and its capable and highly professional staff for all the support and generosity they gave us in 2010. SAM truly is a class act. Additionally, we would like to thank the crew at TASTE Restaurants & Events for their support and generosity as well, and for their great food made from farmers market ingredients, as well as their unwavering support of local farmers, fishers, ranchers and food artisans. We would also like to thank the staff of the Olympus Apartments for generously providing off-street parking for many of our vendors during market hours, the Seattle Department of Parks & Recreation for helping us with special activities planning during the market, the chefs from the surrounding neighborhood who performed the best cooking demonstration series at any farmers market in the area, and the market vendors for bringing us the best Washington has to offer every week.
Chef Peter Levine of Waterfront Seafood Grill putting the finishing touches on his Seared Salmon with Panzanella. Photo copyright 2010 by Zachary D. Lyons.
Please note that we are investigating other opportunities to serve this part of Seattle in the future, and we will keep this blog, as well as our Facebook and Twitter pages, active for the foreseeable future. Please stay tuned to these pages for information about what we might be able to offer you all in the future, and feel free to avail yourself of the many chef recipes and great photos and information still contained herein.
Thank you,
The Staff of the Seattle Farmers Market Association
Tags: Belltown, farmers market, Olympic Sculpture Park Farmers Market, OSP Farmers Market, SAM, Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, TASTE Restaurant
May 3, 2011 at 2:10 pm |
Thanks Zach for the kind words – we at TASTE Restaurant & Events loved doing the market last year and are equally sad to not have a repeat but it was a glorious time with amazing food (raw and prepared), venders, farmers, hosts, organizers, cooking demos, wine tastings – I think it was an AMAZING one–of– a- kind Seattle summer experience and I’m thrilled we experienced it… Special thanks to you and Judy for all you do….
May 10, 2011 at 2:18 pm |
I’m saddened to hear that you won’t be returning this year. I just pulled up the blog again to see when you’d be back. Thanks for the events and wonderful times last year.
May 12, 2011 at 4:43 pm |
Really sad to see you leave the neighborhood in which I live and work. I hope to see you return in 2012!
June 12, 2011 at 10:35 am |
This is such a disappointment. I looked forward to visiting again this year and am saddened that we will no longer have an accessible farmers market for the summer. I hope your new neighborhood appreciates the valuable service you’re providing.
June 15, 2011 at 3:08 pm |
We hope to see you at Interbay Farmers Market!