Yesterday was the last market day of the year at Lake City, which moved this spring to Albert Davis Park from a depressing parking lot a block north of there.
For the most part, the move made the market much more successful than it had been in previous years, in fact, for the first few months my sales on the worst days were in the ballpark of what they had been on best days in previous years.
The market did drop off dramatically after Labor Day, though, while it had stayed pretty consistent at the old location up until the end. Aside from the wierd economy, I think that change can be attributed to the new location's proximity to the park. Back when it was held in the depressing parking lot, folks would mostly just shop and leave, and that didn't change much when school started, and the days got shorter, and it started to rain. But once the market became more of a community event where people would spend a few hours, bad weather and fall routines made much more of a difference.
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