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the improvements had ballooned from $700,000 to $1.5 million. The vendors don’t mind—the ones we talked to just want a cleaner, more usable market: lights for their 4 a.m. or 5 a.m. unpacking of petunias and produce, peeling paint removed, and leaking gutters fixed. That work will be done in June and July, says market manager Molly Notarianni, and everything should be finished in time for the anniversary celebration August 8. ![]()
[Originally published in June, 2009.]