On the market

WORDS Claudine Spinner

Building on the success of The Mawson Centre’s annual Christmas Market, the City of Salisbury recently launched the Salisbury Community Markets, an exciting new initiative for the whole community to enjoy.

Over the next three years, community markets will be held every three months and rotate through our Burton, Salisbury and Para Hills Community Hubs and The Mawson Centre. Each of the markets will have their own local theme and stallholders from far and wide will provide a range of amazing products and tasty food offerings. At the Burton and Para Hills Community Hubs we will also see a range of produce from our gardens and learn from interesting speakers on popular garden topics.

Community markets are a great way for our local community to get together and support local budding entrepreneurs and small business owners who often make their start at local markets.

Free and low-cost activities also make it a fun day out for the whole family.

The first community market was held in September last year at Para Hills, attracting about 900 attendees despite bad weather.

This was closely followed by the annual Christmas Market at The Mawson Centre in November.

The next market will be held in March at the Burton Community Hub followed by a Youth Market at the Salisbury Community Hub

Further details of this project can be found at: www.salisbury.sa.gov.au/communitymarkets