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Qiling Wang/Victoria Advocate
A hammock hangs for sale at the farmers market in downtown Cuero.
DOWNTOWN CUERO OFFERS VARIETY OF CHOICES FOR SHOPPERS BY AMBER ALDACO aaldaco@vicad.com
CUERO — On the last Saturday morning of each month,
dozens of people can be found parking their vehicles and walking through downtown to get their market fix.
The Downtown Farmers Market has become a place where up to 25 vendors spend their weekend to sell handcrafted items, homemade jellies and sweets, or artistically repurposed furniture. Meredith Metting took her 7-year-old daughter, Harper , and 2-year-old son, Turner, to the market to shop and to enjoy a sidewalk-chalk event one weekend in the summer.
IF YOU GO DOWTOWN FARMERS’ MARKET Cuero Market Pavillion, 207 E. Main St.
By Qiling Wang
McKenna Moore, 6, left, and McKalah Moore, 8, smell the bath bombs at the farmers market on Cuero Main Street. 68
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HOURS \\ 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. 4th Saturday of the month, March - October
Harper was already excited to wear one of her market finds — a navy blue Puebla dress her mother bought for her from one of the downtown vendors. “It’s all so unique. I like that we’re able to walk around and able to buy a new dress and shop as you like with the variety,” Metting, 34, said. “I grew up in Cuero, so it’s nice that the town offers something like this.” The event takes place underneath the Market Pavilion, located in the parking lot of the Cuero Municipal Library, on the fourth Saturday of the month, March through October. In March and October, the event is called Market on
