By JENNIFER SUMMER
Updated: 01.19.10
To accommodate the vendors and guests at the Humble Farmers Market, the Lake Houston Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee is making a few changes to the hours of operation and expanding to Kingwood.
The committee approved the decision to make the hours of operation for the market every Wednesday from 3 until 7 p.m at the group’s monthly meeting Jan. 11.
When the weather is warmer, the committee knows there will be more vendors and guests than there currently are.
“Despite the weather, we have great vendors and the community is very receptive to the farmers market. In the spring, we will have even more vendors and more people visiting the market so we are very excited about what is to come for the Humble Farmers Market,” Tom Cook, chairman of the committee, said.
The Beautification Committee recently hired Lois Bean as the market manager and she is responsible for making sure the market runs smoothly and everything is set up properly.
The committee also discussed the possibility of expanding the farmers market to include a second location in Kingwood.
Tony Austin of the Town Center Park Association talked about the second location of the farmers market being held in Town Center Park in Kingwood.
According to city of Houston laws and regulations, the farmers market vendors must be set up on pavement, so the committee is going to look into how they may be able to work out the farmers market for it to be held in Town Center.
“What we are trying to figure out is what constitutes as pavement and what are our options for us to have the farmers market here,” Cook said.
“The idea for having a farmers market in Kingwood is not to hurt the market in Humble but to offer a place for Kingwood residents, who may not be able to get to Humble, a place where they can buy fresh produce and other items.”
The Beautification Committee and Austin will work together to figure out if it will work out for the farmers market to be held in Town Center Park in Kingwood every Thursday.
If the Kingwood farmers market is approved and the plans are worked out, the market would not be started until the weather was warmer around March.
Additionally, the committee is working on banners for the farmers market which will give it more publicity and remind the community when the market is held.
In other business, the Lake Houston Chamber’s Beautification Committee will partner with Keep Kingwood Green in recognizing businesses in the Humble, Kingwood and Atascocita areas who are “green” and eco-friendly.
Keep Kingwood Green would recognize “green” businesses in the area while the Beautification Committee would hand out awards for the most eco-friendly businesses.
The two groups will develop the requirements and list of businesses which fit in this category.
The next meeting of the Lake Houston Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee will be Feb. 8 at 4 p.m. at the chamber offices.
For more information, call 281-446-2118.
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