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ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News Editor
The fate of the Rossland Mountain Market is known at last and the news is good. The city’s much loved market will start again later next month, but will be relocated. The construction on Columbia Avenue, which will be going on all sum-
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mer forced the move. Rachael Roussin, who helps organize the market said that it was just a matter of working the details out with the city. During the summer, the market will run every Thursday from 3:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. “We’re hoping to keep the identical format. same vendor prices, music, kid’s activities, we’re even trying to do more of
that,� Roussin said. “The only thing that’s changing is the location.� She said that the task of finding a location has not been easy. “There were a million considered,� she said. “It was really hard to relocate the market because, as most locals know, it’s taken awhile to get the market established.�
She attributes much of that success to the downtown location that the city allows Rossland Real Foods to run the market on, between the credit union and Rossvegas. She said the difficulty is trying to find a suitable location outside of the downtown that would have the same charm and presence. Other locations that were
considered were places like Spokane Street between First and Columbia, but that didn’t work because of future traffic rerouting. The Cooke Avenue ball diamond was an option, but that was too far out of town. Another was the Emcon lot or the Shovel parking lot or the area behind the arena, but See Market on P. 3
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