01/27/2026
Have you heard any rumblings yet about what is going on with the Barrington Farmers’ Market?
If you’ve been along for the ride with us, you know we relocated the market for the last two weeks in the fall, because we’d already cancelled three markets due to lack of shelter.
Thanks to a very generous offer from the staff (shoutout to Laura!) at FRA we were able to finish our season at their location, and it was extremely well received.
At this time we’re delighted to announce that we’ll be at Forest Ridge Academy every Saturday for the 2026 season, with the first market on Saturday May 23rd.
When we say we’re grateful for this collaboration it is an understatement.
Having access to a safe outdoor space to operate the market in a clean & cozy location, with the option of moving indoors during inclement weather takes so much stress off all involved.
No more dodging baseballs or vendor tents!
And barring a hurricane or other craziness no more cancelled markets!!!
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We are confident that this location will entice additional vendors to join us, as there is lots of space to share (if you’re interested please message us for a vendor application).
We are also confident the site’s vibe will attract new customers in addition to our valued regulars.
But that’s not all folks!
Thanks to some great advice we approached the Municipality of Barrington and asked them to collaborate with us to build the Barrington Farmers Market its very own structure and they agreed!
We are so excited about this we’re bouncing, we wish you could see it 🤣
Next week the BFM Executive Board Members will be presented with a Memorandum of Understanding that will outline all the details of this arrangement, and you’ll receive an update on more details once confirmed.
In the meantime there are some juicy details in the attached document of the process, and you can watch a video of the last Council Meeting posted on the Municipality’s website for all the goods.
We thank all the Council members who are making this possible.
The Barrington Farmers Market will do its own fundraising for this project through many avenues, which means we need this project to be as cost efficient as possible, because we are a nonprofit organization without a big bank account to back us up.
If you or anyone you know is a quality tradesperson or company, construction supply company, or similar who’d be interested in supporting this project with their services or supplies we’d love to hear from you.
We’re still a long way off from starting construction, but securing the Forest Ridge Academy as our interim site for 2026 gives us time to plan and get our ducks 🦆 🦆 🦆 in a row. Many thanks to those at FRA and Misty James for making this possible.
Once the new structure is built this will be a huge milestone for our Farmers Market, and it’s amazing knowing we have the support from our community and especially the Municipality of Barrington.
Since its inception almost 9 years ago the Barrington Farmers Market and the Municipality have worked together, and this project is the culmination of that relationship.
The completion of this project will have far reaching benefits for the whole community for many years in the future.
We hope you’ll follow along to see how we progress.
We’ll keep you posted. 🙏
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Click on the link below to read the document with details of the above.
It also contains a link to one council meeting.
https://cdn.fbsbx.com/v/t59.2708-21/624094898_909322514895029_3027729610215308199_n.docx/BFM-New-Home.docx?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=2b0e22&_nc_ohc=WMu7lNUhgWUQ7kNvwG4Z60u&_nc_oc=AdlpYxp-EFNA0tGq_KqZqOme2sXiDcbdk7zw8JOXVivBL9aspLCBjxHQGfKE74yLk5I&_nc_zt=7&_nc_ht=cdn.fbsbx.com&_nc_gid=fpkt5SrjdgYu5GUFdatEXA&oh=03_Q7cD4QHS6NEUQDjmuK2fLjnKFwBi8uskET__RdAORYvqO2CDvA&oe=697ADEF6&dl=1
