Plant A Garden & Sell Your Produce At Farmer's Market
Dates Set For Farmers Market In St. Anthony
Still Time To Join
A handful of gardeners, crafters and musicians have set the dates for a weekly farmers market in St. Anthony, starting June 14 and ending October 18 with a Tater Day celebration.
That was decided at an organizational meeting April 15. The market will be open every Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon.
The Fort Henry "Horsey" Park has been suggested as the best location, but others will be considered. It was agreed that no rummage sale or foreign-made items will be allowed.
A free will be charged, and pre-registration will be required. The St Anthony Chamber of Commerce will handle the registration. We will be charging a small fee to offset advertising costs, but the idea is for people to make money, so the fee won't be much.
"We want to have background music, games, children's activities, information booths, and demonstrations in addition to merchandise," Cathy Koon said. "We are asking for food vendors, photographers, anything you can think of to add to the fun and festive atmosphere."
"If you have an idea, bring it to the group. If you want to sign up, call or email me," Koon said. "And if you don't want to sell something, be sure to stop by and buy something," she said.
Register today by calling 624-1548 or e-mailing ckoon@co.fremont.id.us. Then gear up for summer.
MOUNTAIN MAN RENDEZVOUS
June 4,5,6,7,8 2008
Come join the Mountain Men and relive a pre-1840 rendezvous and celebration of life in the Shinin' Mounatins. A primitive gathering at the original 1810 Camp Henry location. See the very stone on which the early trappers chiseled their names 198 years ago. Horse camp and tin tipi space is nearby. Visiting Buckskinners and traders say our rendezvous is one of the most picturesque and friendly they have attended. Come join our family oriented event.
ADMISSION: Free to the public between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
DAILY EVENT FEES:$5 for each event entered.
$40 for the entire five days or $8 per day.
TRADER'S FEE: $40 for five days (includes camp fee) All fees include entry to competitions. The daily fee includes entry to that day's events only. Pre-1840 rules apply and period dress will be required after 6 p.m. Firewood is available, but bring your own water. Periodic ice delievery will be available when requested.
Contact K Scott Murdoch - 1150 N 3300 E - Ashton, ID 83420 (208) 652-7660 fremurd@fretel.com
Christine Dexter - 1336 N 3300 E - Ashton, ID 83420 - (208) 652-3489 - chdex@fretel.com
Disaster Assistance
Businesses located in, adjacent to or otherwise adversely impacted by the recent snow storms in Fremont County may be eligible for federal disaster assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The SBA program covers businesses that have loss revenue, released employees or experienced physical damage to business property as a result of the storms. Before the state is declared eligible for these funds we need your help in documenting the extent to which your business has been impacted.
In the event that the state is declared eligible, assistance will be in the form of low interest, flexible term loans. Actual interest rates and terms will be determined on a case by cases basis. Once declared eligible for assistance SBA will establish a toll free phone number and send disaster loan specialist into the impacted counties to work with the businesses seeking assistance.
Please feel free to contact the Idaho Department of Commerce with any questions. Our phone number at 334-2470 or you can reach us by email at info@community.idaho.gov.
Downtown Revitalization
Business owners in downtown St. Anthony will be contacted over the next two weeks by members of a steering committee organized as part of a proposed downtown revitalization project. Wayne Holladay, Harry Halkar, Trent Vandersloot and Bill Beck volunteered to personally contact nearly 30 business owners to gauge support for a revitalization and historic preservation effort and to recruit additional members of the steering committee.
They were among a handful of people who turned out Tuesday night for a meeting described as exploratory by Fremont County Economic Development Specialist Cathy Koon. It was the second meeting called to look into the options for a revitalization project.
At a meeting three weeks earlier, Beck offered to look into the legal requirements for an urban renewal district, which would use tax dollars within a specified area to fund improvements to buildings within the district.
His efforts drew fire from Fremont County Commissioner Paul Romrell, who said in the commission’s meeting Monday, the county is opposed to urban renewal districts. Romrell and other county officials were at Tuesday night’s meeting to offer comments on their experience with such districts.
Koon and Beck talked about efforts in Boise to get a Main Street Program established in Idaho to help communities with the type of projects proposed for St. Anthony. The effort isn’t expected to make it through the Legislature this year. Koon joined the National Main Street Program a year ago and has been receiving materials and newsletters about the program that assists communities with historic downtown revitalization projects.
Beck presented what information he gathered about urban renewal districts. The assessed valuation of property within a four-block area is about $2.5 million. How much money that would generate for a URD will be calculated for the next meeting, set for Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Fremont Emporium office at 105 North Bridge, next to the Fremont County Annex.
Koon promised to have more specific information about what financing might be available through the Main Street Program and other sources.
“The idea of a downtown revitalization program is to spruce up our business district to attract more people to our community and to keep our citizens at home to shop,” Koon said. “We are in the very preliminary stages of this project. It will take months or even years to get this done. We have to have the support of the business owners and the citizens to make this work.”