Greensburg farmers market gets more permanent home

Earlier this month, Judy Ross and other representatives of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art were giving a presentation for a class Sarver was attending at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Parties began talking, and museum officials agreed to host the market on Tuesdays, said Sarver and Ross, the museum's director of marketing and visitor services.

An agreement was finalized this week for the market to be in the museum's North Main Street parking lot from 3 to 6 p.m., they said.

"I got in a conversation ... and we thought it would be a great idea to put it up there," said Sarver, manager of the Farmers Market Association of Central Westmoreland. "That's where it's going to be."

"It just sort of happened," Ross said.

The market had been scheduled to move to a lower-level section of the Midtown Plaza parking lot after Greensburg officials said a few weeks ago that it could no longer remain behind City Hall because of safety concerns.

Plans are to hold the first market this year on May 6. The museum is closed Tuesdays, except for the gift shop, which is open from 3-5 p.m.

"We think it's going to be a really positive thing," Ross said. "I think it's going to be great for it to be on Main Street and connects us with the downtown. It's a win-win for the farmers market, the museum and the community."

Sarver said he left the Midtown site with the blessings of the lot's owner, First Commonwealth Bank, which offered the space to help keep the market in downtown Greensburg.

"They're also happy for us with this location," Sarver said. "That was just going to be a temporary site this year."

Sarver sees the new location as benefiting the market and museum.

"It's a better location. It's flatter. It's easier to get into," Sarver said.

He expects at least six vendors when the market opens next month.

Between 15 and 20 vendors are at the market during the heart of the season, Sarver said.

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