LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT EXPLORES ENTREPREUNERIAL SPIRIT AT FARMERS MARKET

         Bellows Falls, VT – June 1^st, 2009 – This week at the market you can meet—and support—a new vendor.  Megan Novasel, a sophomore at Bellows Falls Union High School, is making and selling unique reversible cloth bags in order to fund her summer at the Governor’s Institute.  This summer she’ll be at UVM studying Asian cultures, through food, dancing, language and drumming.  Next summer she’ll travel to China.  The catch is that she has to raise the money herself.  She’s been writing letters to businesses for donations, and is trying her hand at being a farmers’ market vendor.  Megan took quilting classes and started sewing this year. 

         “My teacher got me into it (her interest in the Governor’s Institute),” said Megan.  “I’m excited about traveling out of the U.S.” 

         The market on Friday evening, June 5^th, will feature the talents of the musical group Taxi.  This band is new on the scene and very talented, with their old time bluegrass sound.  This band is great for dancing!  As always, the music is free for the public. 

         The market will run each Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. May 15^th to October 16^th at the beautiful Waypoint Center over looking the river on Depot Street in Bellows Falls, next to the Amtrak station.  The farmer’s market accepts both EBT and debit cards.  In order to use either of these payment methods, customers can come to the manager’s tent at the market and receive wooden market tokens.

         For additional information about the Bellows Falls Farmer’s Market, contact market manager Abi Miller Healey at bellowsfallsmarket@gmail.com or 802.387.6128, or see the website at www.bffarmersmarket.com.  The market is underwritten by the Springfield Hospital, Chittenden Bank, Sovernet, Local Banquet magazine, and the Bellows Falls Downtown Development Alliance.