OCEAN AVENUE ‘MERCHANTS AGAINST CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA’S PARMERS MARKET'

ABSTRACT: Business owners, particularly business owners on Ocean Avenue, display NO Ocean Avenue Carmel-by-the-Sea Farmer’s Market signs prominently in their respective windows. A representative sign is shown and a Petition Against Farmers Market at "the crossroads of Dolores St. and Ocean Ave. between 6th and 7th and between San Carlos and Lincoln Streets" is embedded. Links to related news articles are provided.

Petition Against Farmers Market on Ocean Avenue OCR Document
TO: The Members of The Community Activities and Cultural Commission.
FROM: The concerned business owners of Carmel by the sea
RE: Proposed Farmers Market
Date: 6/30/12

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“IN THE wake of the outcry from downtown merchants who objected to the idea of shutting down Ocean Avenue for a weekly farmers market, Mayor Jason Burnett on Tuesday appointed himself to the committee that came up with the idea.”

Outdoor event goal: ‘Enhance downtown,’ MARY SCHLEY, The Carmel Pine Cone, July 27, 2012, 1A & 28A


THE RESOUNDING negative reaction from downtown merchants to the idea of shutting down Ocean Avenue at any time for any sort of regular outdoor market prompted Carmel City Councilwoman Victoria Beach to say at a meeting Monday that she and a committee researching the idea would come up with other ways to boost business in the city.

'Artisan food experience' comes to a screeching halt, MARY SCHLEY, The Carmel Pine Cone, July 20, 2012


BECAUSE IT didn’t take any public comment Tuesday morning before voting to establish a committee that would oversee a proposed weekly outdoor market downtown, the Carmel Community Activities & Cultural Commission will have to discuss the matter and vote on it again at a new meeting scheduled for July 17 at 2 p.m.

And, while the cultural commission’s discussion was largely about how the farmers market might be run, some merchants are doubting whether it should exist at all and are raising strong objections to having it on Ocean Avenue.

Downtown merchants skeptical about outdoor market, MARY SCHLEY, The Carmel Pine Cone, July 13, 2012

AN EIGHT-MEMBER committee and more than 30 “advisors” met Wednesday to brainstorm what sort of ongoing outdoor event might draw more visitors — and therefore more business — to town.

“The group is thinking of having a local, organic, high-end weekly farmers market that transitions into a dining event at night,” assistant city administrator Heidi Burch, the staff representative on the committee, told The Pine Cone Thursday. “They are exploring closing down Dolores at a number of different locations.”

…Beach also listed advisors Joe Aliotti, Tigran Amyrkhanian, Catherine Barr, city marketing and PR man Jeff Burghardt, Jamie Collins, planning commissioner Steve Dallas, Carmel Belle owners Jay and Chloe Dolata, Helen d’Oliveira, Downing, Margaret Eaton, Ellen Gannon, Casanova restaurant owner Gaston Georis, Mundaka restaurant owner Gabe Georis, Sarah Hardgrave, Carol Hilburn, Adam Jeselnick, Vinz Koller, Kreitman, Gail Lehman, architect Safwat Malek, Martha Morrill, Cindy Onufer, Gary Peterson, EcoCarmel owner Kristi Reimers, Bruno’s Market owner Fermin Sanchez, Sapp, architect Mary Ann Schicketanz, Carlyle Seccombe, Susan Spiegel, Merv Sutton and Barry Swift.

Lots of cooks on hand for planning of outdoor event, MARY SCHLEY, The Carmel Pine Cone, May 18, 2012