Arlington County is looking into the use of the Fairlington Community Center for a possible farmers’ market. The following questions are designed to help gauge the community’s needs, expectations and interest.
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1. How many people are in your household (including yourself)?
2. Do you currently attend farmers’ markets? If no, skip to question 6.
3. How frequently do you attend farmers’ markets?
4. Which farmers’ markets do you attend?
Courthouse, Columbia Pike, Westover5. If you do not currently attend farmers’ markets, why not?
No response.6. Would you be more likely to attend the farmers’ market during the weekday or weekend?
7. What time would be most convenient for you to shop at a farmers’ market?
8. If a farmers’ market was closer to your home, how frequently would you attend?
9. What types of items would you be interested in purchasing in a farmers’ market? Check all that apply.
10. How much do you (or would you expect to) spend per visit?
11. If a farmers’ market were located at Fairlington Community Center, how would you get there?
12. What features of a farmers market are important to you? Please choose four.
13. What amenities are important to you at a farmers’ market? (check all that apply)
14. If you needed information regarding the farmers’ market where would you look?
15. How would you prefer to pay at a farmers’ market?
Additional Comments
I fully support a farmers market being held at the Fairlington Community Center, and I live within a block of the FCC. While I understand the concerns about parking, as it is, there are enough residents with cars that it is unusual for me to find parking within a block & a half of my residence, even on Sunday mornings during the hours the market is being proposed for. I think it is the responsibility of the community association for the residents without access to reserved, off-street parking to work with the extra off-street spaces open for their fellow neighbors in nearby lots. Parking is a general FCC use issue, not something only resulting from the Farmers Market.