MICHELLE MANN $200,000 from State Rep. Steve Clouse and Alabama Department of Agriculture Assistant Commissioner Bob Plaster Monday.
Blankenship thanked Clouse for his efforts in obtaining the funding. “Steve is forever getting us money for our projects,” he said. Architect Chad Brown with JML Architecture designed the farmers market. The city council awarded the project to low bidder Elite Group for $327,875. Blankenship said Public Works Director Ryan Campbell and crew cleared the area and prepared the pad.
Ozark Area Chamber of Commerce Director Rosmarie Williamson and her sister Linda Barefield are among those happy to see the new location for the farmers market. Williamson said she had been asked in 2020 by State of Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industry Marketing Development Specialist John Willoughby to consider re-starting a farmers market in Ozark. One had been held for a short time in the parking lot at the Ozark Square Shopping Center years ago.