Rolling along with our new vendor introductions….. Suga Mama Sweets offers hand-crafted ice cream sandwiches, ice cream, sorbet, and candies. We aim to take classic flavor combinations and turn them into amazing treats. Our goodies are not only kid-tested and approved, but also treasured by adults. This season we will have our favorites on hand [...]
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Getting ready for Cinco de Mayo? Salsa performance and lessons May 4th at the Marketplace!
What better way to gear up for Cinco de Mayo festivities than Salsa dancing performance and lessons on a beautiful Spring Saturday morning during the Marketplace’s Opening Day? Barbara Bernstein and her team from DanceInTime Productions will once again offer free Salsa lessons on the Plaza starting at 11:30 a.m. So come watch Salsa, learn [...]
READ MORE »Tea drinker? Get the good stuff at the Marketplace…
Among the exciting new additions to the Marketplace is Favor Ceylon Tea, a local importer of high quality Sri Lankan teas. We’ll let owner Carlota Ocampo introduce their product: Pure Ceylon teas have long been prized by tea connoisseurs, who coveted the purity and delicacy of Ceylon’s high-grown teas. Our company’s mission is to offer highest-quality [...]
READ MORE »Another new vendor alert: Spring Gap Mountain Creamery
Penelope Sagawa and Jurgen Schelzig started Spring Gap Mountain Creamery on a 32-acre farm in Paw Paw, West Virginia in 2009. What was originally planned as a weekend getaway from DC office jobs turned into a business and a new life as cheesemakers and farmers. After spending a year building the cheese house and obtaining [...]
READ MORE »Welcome to the market, Three Springs Fruit Farm!
Located in the hills just north of Gettysburg, PA in Adams County’s “Apple Belt”, Three Springs Fruit Farm is now operating in its seventh generation of family farmers. Owners Dave, John, and Ben Wenk are proud to bring their tree fruits, small fruits, specialty vegetables, and value added products to the Columbia Heights community. [...]
READ MORE »New Vendor Sneak Peak: Qualia Coffee!
We’re thrilled to welcome DC’s best coffee to the Marketplace! A message from Joel Finkelstein, owner of Qualia Coffee, home of Fresh Off the Roast: Fresh Off the Roast was born at farmers markets and these weekly produce pop-ups are still the only place to find our coffee beans outside the storefront, Qualia Coffee in [...]
READ MORE »Opening Day and the Big Green Commute on May 4th
Do you bike to work? Do many of your coworkers bike, walk or use public transportation? Is your office up for a challenge? Registration is now open for the fourth annual Big Green Commute, presented by ZGF Architects LLP. Created to encourage awareness of commuting’s environmental impacts, the BGC is an inter-firm competition for offices in [...]
READ MORE »Calling All Prospective Volunteers!
Want to make friends and help make healthy food available to everyone in the Columbia Heights community? Then come join us as a volunteer for the 2013 Columbia Heights Community Marketplace season! As we gear up for the opening of market season, we are looking for new volunteers to help us run the markets on [...]
READ MORE »2013 Market Schedule
The Columbia Heights Community Marketplace will open May 4th for our 2013 season! May 4 to December 14th Saturdays, 9am-1pm 14th and Park Road, NW (Across from Giant) Check back here on the blog & on Facebook for more updates as we approach market opening!
READ MORE »Vendor Application for 2013 Market Season Now Online
We will be accepting vendor applications for the 2013 season on a rolling basis. Priority will be given to those who submit by March 11, 2013. Click below to access the vendor policy and vendor application. Questions? Contact Josh Levine, CHCM’s Market Manager, at jlevine@chfestivus.org. CHCMVendorPolicy2013 CHCMVendorApplication.2013
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