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Where Agriculture Meets Up With Art
MAY 2015
MAY ON THE AVE: SETS IN THE WEST
Bedner’s Farm Fresh Market to open in Artists Alley By Caryn Stumpfl The Pineapple Contributing Writer Bedner’s Farm Fresh Market, a family-owned and operated farmer’s market in West Boynton Beach known for its locally grown, fresh-picked produce, has leased and is planning to open an additional market in Downtown Delray Beach later this year. Located in Artists Alley, a one-block thriving arts community off Lake Ida Road east of Swinton and west of Federal Highway, the new market, slated to open in November 2015, will be only a short walk or bike ride from many residences in the area and Atlantic Avenue. According to the company’s Operations Manager Marie Bedner, “We had numerous requests to open a market downtown from people in the east side of Delray who regularly drive out to our store out west. It’s just exploding down there, with new townhomes and many new people in the area. There is so much growth – we’re excited to be a part of it and we think the folks downtown will be excited about it, too,” she said.
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Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative event takes new shape as a 4-week free concert series This May the best sets will definitely be in the West as the Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative brings you On The Ave: Sets in the West, on the SW 5th Plaza Stage. Every Thursday this month from 6pm to 9pm will be a free concert accompanied with activities, a Kid’s Corner, and food tents. On The Ave has traditionally been held on a single evening, several times a year, on various avenues in town. “I think the Like Bedner’s original market that faces U.S. Route 441 (10066 Lee Road) in West Boynton Beach, the new farmer’s market, located at 381 Northeast Third Avenue, will feature locally grown, in-season fruit and vegetables, and also will carry a selection of healthy, pre-made sandwiches and salads, as well as beer and wine. “We’ll bring over fresh produce daily as we pick it, trucking it in from our farm out west,” Bedner said. Helping to Revitalize the Area Currently vacant, the building the Bedners selected to house the market will be renovated to fit the market’s needs and to blend into the area. In step Continued on page 3
LOOKINSIDE COMMUNITY NEWS
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Delray Downtown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Meet the Neighbors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Event Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 - 15 HEALTH/STYLE
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Advice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 - 11 BUSINESS/REAL ESTATE
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Real Estate Briefs. . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chamber of Commerce News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 MUSIC/FOOD/ETC.
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Arts & Ends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Food & Dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
change in format offers some real advantages,” says Stephanie Immelman, Executive Director of the Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative. The free concert series provides entertainment all month as opposed to one night, it renders an alternative to events that close the streets, which causes less disruption to traffic, but most importantly it spotlights this up and coming part of town. With a number of new developments and businesses popping up, including Vintage Tap and the new Fairfield Inn, this area is Continued on page 6 sure to become the new hot spot.
There once was a chair at the Delray Affair A
cclaimed artist Mark Fullers challenge from the Public Art Advisory Board was to take a hundred or more common chairs and assemble them into a work of art for the Delray Affair. The result was a 22-foot towering assemblege sculpture made of 116 chrome and white IKEA folding chairs. The temporary art installation project stood prominently on the great lawn of the Delray Beach Center for the Arts for the three days of The Delray Affair, and then no more. The very nature of temporary art projects is that they are there, they grab your interest, and then they are gone. The sculpture was partially assembled under the Tennis Center bleachers, two days before the start of the Delray Affair. The Parks Maintenance Department transported the sections to the location and using bucket trucks and ladders, helped artist Mark Fuller and his artist assistant, Teresa Korber, erect the giant sculpture. Beginning at 7:00am in the morning, the work was completed in less than three hours. The stunning sculpture was the most unusual and talked about event at the Delray Affair. The Artist said that he wanted to create a visually interesting confusion between a design object, and a sculptural object. “I wanted to take something functional, remove it from its intended purpose, and reorder its inherent structural aesthetic“. Seeing the familiar in unfamiliar ways is a big part of how artists ask the viewer to see, and not just look. This art project was conceived and sponsored by the city’s Art Advisory Board, endorsed by the City Commission, and made possible with the help and support of The Parks and Recreation Department. The Art Board sponsors art projects throughout the year and advises the City Commission on public art. The Art Board meets the fourth Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the Parks and Recreation conference room. The public is welcome. Look for the new Art Board newsletter on the City web site for upcoming projects and events, artist calls, and news about art in Delray Beach. If you have ideas for art projects send them to daviss@mydelraybeach.com