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Selma Farmers Market
grand opening 24 JuneA gala grand opening and tour of the Solar Demonstration Pole Building, where the Selma Farmers Market is held beginning at 9 a.m. Sundays, will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 24, said the the Selma Community & Education Center Board of Directors.
The grand opening will include a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony, tours and refreshments, and will be held on-site at 18255 Redwood Hwy. in Selma.
The pole building was completed and the solar array was installed earlier this month.
Enormous in-kind donations contributed to the two-year project, plus community donations totaling $7,395; as well as grants from Energy Trust of Oregon ($35,000), Josephine County Board of Commissioners ($10,000), Illinois Valley Community Development Organization ($700), and the Meyer Memorial Trust ($8,212).
Thousands of volunteer hours from the center’s members and interested community-minded people “have produced an exceedingly beautiful building and project that will help the center pay its electricity bill, while offering an educational opportunity in alternative energy to the growing Illinois Valley community,” the board said.
Tours of the newly licensed commercial kitchen also will be available. Thanks to a $1,000 grant from the Ashland Food Cooperative, the center now has a fully equipped commercial food processing kitchen.
Those interested in producing food items for sale (either at the Farmers Market or other retail outlets) may rent the kitchen by the hour. Information about Oregon Dept. of Agriculture regulations for food processing and labeling will be provided to processors.
More information about the grand opening and the center’s events and opportunities can be obtained by phoning 415-1000.
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