WEEK OF MAY 2, 2024
VOLUME 129 | ISSUE 10
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Sun Country Farmer’s Market launches
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Cold and snow didn’t stop inaugural event in northern Elbert County BY NICKY QUINBY SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
The first Sun Country Farmer’s Market was held on April 20 at the Son Country Community Church in northern Elbert County. Despite cold temperatures and lingering snow, 18 out of 21 scheduled vendors showed up and the church parking lot was full of visitors. Gwendolyn Arguello-Ross, the organizer of the market, said people came to sell everything from cottage bakery items to plant starters, from chicks, seeds and produce to beef shares. Artists sold glasswork, metalcraft, knit crafts and crochet. People also came to sell handmade beauty products and even candy. Arguello-Ross and her family have lived in Sun Country Meadows since 2021. Arguello-Ross was born and raised in Puerto Rico and moved to Colorado in 2013. Her family created The Ross Family Farmstead to share their farm and garden surplus with the community. Bringing a farmer’s market to Sun Country Meadows grew out of this idea. SEE MARKET, P8
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Cottage baker Lynn Stahler cheerfully bundled up with a blanket against the biting wind. PHOTO BY NICKY QUINBY She sold delicious cookies and cupcakes.
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