Road Closure Approved!

Specifically, the road closure will be on Fourth Street from the intersection with Adams to just before the alley behind Mamacita's Restaurant every Saturday the market is open from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm.  With the road closed our market will be able to accommodate more vendors and the market customers will have more room to mill around in and sit down.  Our MAIN concern, however, was safety.  That section of road was very congested during market hours what with vendors selling from their stalls, visitors trying to get parking and shoppers trying to shuttle their purchases to their vehicles.  Last year we had a near accident with a child running between two vendors' trucks and into the road.  With the street blocked we can avoid any accidents and customers can carry their goods to their rigs with ease.

In order to get this request approved, the city asked that we contact and receive written statements from adjacent and impacted businesses within one block of the closure.  I did visit all 15 businesses  - it was actually pretty fun because they all support the idea.  We also had to come up with a signage plan in conjunction with La Grande Public Works, and then finally we had to get a stamp of approval from the La Grande Police Department and Fire Station.  Everyone involved seemed eager to help us get this done. 


 Parking will be available on the back half of that section of Fourth Street, in the Library parking lot and along Jefferson Street.