Four years since the seeds were sown, a neighborhood farmers market for Normal Heights and Kensington is closer to being launched, if an unusual deal between Caltrans and the city of San Diego bears fruit. “We picked a great site for the neighborhood, and we went to the city for permits and discovered that Caltrans controls the right of way,” said Larry Teves, president of the Adams Avenue Business Association's board of directors. “Caltrans does not allow vending, so we had to come up with a different approach.”
The solution? Caltrans has agreed to relinquish the right of way to the city, which will then issue the needed permits for the farmers market, according to state officials. The market has a soft launch date of March, as Caltrans finalizes the transfer of the site on 40th Street just south of Adams Avenue, next to the southbound Interstate 15 on-ramp.
Plans call for the market to be open from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays. The proposed site is next to a neighborhood pocket park with children's play areas, seats in the shade, swings and picnic tables — and restrooms.
Neighborhood residents, including Mike Magers and his family, say they...Read More
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