Upper Green Side

Support the Renewal of Greenmarkets for 2007

Last year, Upper Green Side was at the forefront of bringing local food, outdoor greenmarkets back to the Upper East Side after many years of not having any in the area. We worked with local elected officials like Councilmembers Lappin and Garodnick to win community board approval for two sites that were welcomed by the respective local communities.

CM Lappin, Scott Stringer and Father Angelo at the St. Stephen’s Greenmarket Ribbon Cutting.

It was clear from the start that these new Greenmarkets created a greater sense of local community, by providing an outdoor market for local folks to meet each other, talk about recipes and talk to the farmers that grew food locally.

Shoppers at the 92nd Street Greenmarket enjoying freshly picked, locally grown produce

Now it is time to renew this community’s commitment to the Greenmarkets by coming out to the next Community Board meeting on Tuesday March 6th at the NY Blood Center - 67th street between First and Second at 7pm. There are still some narrow commercial interests that see Greenmarkets as competition and would like to see the Greenmarkets disappear. We need to stand up to support these markets to ensure their continued success at creating a better community, a better environment and a better chance for our local farmers to save their land against development.

Big Crowds at the 82nd Street Greenmarket early in the morning

Send a note of support to the community board office at info@cb8m.com and please attend the meeting so that we can have another great season of greenmarkets this year.