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Happy birthday Easton Public Market! Specials, prizes highlight its fifth year.
Updated Apr 05, 2021;
When the Easton Public Market opened five year ago, there was nothing like it in the Lehigh Valley.
It was the first food hall of its kind when it opened April 15, 2016. It’s in 325 Northampton St., which formerly housed an HL Greens department store and Rader’s Dry Goods.
Five years later, the vendors plan to celebrate with specials and deals. COVID-19 makes a big gathering impossible, though.
“This has been a difficult year for all of us at the market, and we’re grateful for the vendors and customers who kept us going,” said Market District Director Megan McBride. “We can’t celebrate like we normally do just yet, but five years is a big milestone for us and we wanted to find ways of giving back to our customers and community for helping us to grow.”
Owner of Genesis Bicycles in Easton to retire after 47 years
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
Posted Apr 01, 2021
Genesis Bicycles shop owner Tomias Hinchcliff of Easton poses in 2010 next to the iconic big bike on the roof of his shop.Matt Smith | lehighvalleylive.com file photo
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Genesis Bicycles owner Tomias Hinchcliff announced his decision on the store website and on Facebook.
“Every great ride comes to a fork in the road,” Hinchcliff wrote. “After years of consideration, my wife Stephani and I have decided that the time has come to take a new and exciting path.”
The store will become a Trek bicycle dealership, the announcement says.
Expanded hours, new vendors coming soon to Easton Public Market
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
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The Easton Public Market is hoping to draw more visitors back to the city’s downtown as Gov. Tom Wolf loosens some restrictions on indoor capacity guidelines.
Since January, smaller indoor venues were limited to 10% capacity and larger ones capped at 500 people. Wolf Monday eased up on restrictions, now allowing up to 15% capacity at indoor venues where six-foot distancing can be observed. Masks, however, remain required.
Megan McBride, Easton Market District Director, said with the market having a full slate of food vendors and vaccinations beginning to roll out, there’s hope more visitors could soon frequent the building at 325 Northampton St. She said the market also plans to expand its hours but exactly what and when remains to be ironed out.
In recent years, Pennsylvania farmers markets have become not only places to shop for farm fresh foods, but also event-filled locations with entertainment and perks like seasonal festivals to attract more shoppers. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in the spring of 2020, farmers markets faced uncertain times in a new era where gatherings were discouraged. With 6-foot social distancing required to prevent the spread of COVID-19, markets were faced with a whole new challenge of how to attract buyers and continue to function.
For farmers markets trying to decide how to proceed in a pandemic, a major factor became Pennsylvaniaâs Department of Community and Economic Development, which designated markets as âessential businessesâ purveying foodstuffs during COVID-19. It meant the markets could remain operational if they could find ways to keep their vendors and customers safe.