A rainy day means we need something to look forward to...

We were going to make you wait until the end of the week to find out all about our fabulous vendors for the opening week of the 2011 Market season, but, what with the rain and all, we thought you might like a little perk up. Something to look forward to on these gray days.


We'll tell you more about everybody later this week, but here's the lineup:
Simply Sausage
C & E Farm
Common Ground/ St. Ambrose Ladies of Charity featuring Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company coffee, homemade cookies and cool drinks
Tom Baldwin/New Starts Farm 
Cheverly Breadbasket/Moctec Tortilla
Mystic Water Soaps
Two Oceans Seafood
Pong's Orchard
Shlagel Farms
Benny's Market- Rebert brothers
Martha's Jams
Rose Fennell Pottery


Cheverly Parents Resource Center (CPRC) Reading Corner
Friends of Lower Beaverdam
Prince George's County Master Gardeners


Of course, we couldn't open the season without our very own house band! Charles & Kelly of The Hot Noodles will give us a great morning of music for shopping and dancing, if you're so inclined!


So get ready! The weather is supposed to be gorgeous and a sunny morning spent with friends and neighbors at the Market will be the perfect start to the weekend!

Do you have your sign out yet? Need one?

It's that time...if you have a yard sign for Cheverly Community Market, please put it out on your front lawn and help us get the word out about the Market this weekend. Ours is a little beat up, but it still works!




A message from Market Manager Barbara Liston:


Hi, faithful Market followers-
 
It's almost time for our first market!!! We need to let all of Cheverly AND the surrounding areas that we will be open. With the demise of Giant on 202, we may pick up extra customers. We now accept WIC checks. The present signs will be amended to reflect that. If you still have your sign, please set it out. We are looking for additional locations on the fringe areas of town - especially over near the apartments or Maureen Court.
 
Please e-mail me with your address if you no longer have your sign and I'll get one to you.
 
It's gonna be a great year!
 
Barbara

Getting ready for opening day!

We're all busy as bees getting ready to open Cheverly Community Market's season this Saturday, 8am to noon!

We'll tell you all about the vendors later this week, but first we'll bring you plenty of great food for thought -- recipes, stories, news and more...keep reading the blog this week.

We're also updating our website, and we'll make sure to break the news here first when it goes live!

Cheverly Day!

We had a fantastic time at Cheverly Day...hope you did, too! Links to more images coming very spoon, as well as all sorts of information on what to expect at Cheverly Community Market on opening day!

Follow us on FaceBook & Twitter

We're gearing up for the start of the season and getting our "Social Media" on... Follow our Market updates and news on Twitter (@CheverlyMarket) and on FaceBook (Cheverly Community Market)!

More cool ways to connect with the Market will be coming soon!

Join us at Cheverly Day!

Join us in wishing the town of Cheverly a very happy 80th anniversary! This Saturday at 10:00am, we'll be part of the big parade (viewing stands on Cheverly Avenue) and we'd love to see you out and enjoying the day!

Learn more about Cheverly Day here.

2011 Season Kickoff Potluck!

We had a wonderful evening last Saturday night at Fannon Hall -- our season kickoff potluck! Many thanks to everyone who attended and brought such amazing treats for everyone to share.

We have to extend special thanks to the people who worked so hard to make this special event come together, especially Monica Mohindra, Cathy Wintermyer, Liz Tuckermanty, and Barbara Liston. And to our celebrity judges,  Father Kevin Kennedy, Andrea Seabrook, and Corey Flintoff for their astute palate work.

Photos from this great night are here!

UPDATE: Cathy kindly reminded me that Diana Derby was also a celebrity judge, looking resplendent in her spring sari! Thank you, Diana, and thank you, Cathy! Fashion note: beautiful indian-inspired clothing seemed to be a theme on Saturday night...do I sense a trend for this season's Market fashions?