The CityPaper covered the announcement of a new outdoor market for the downtown. The hours are 2:30-5:30. I guess that give people time to shop between 5:00 and 5:30 when they get off work. They seems like odd hours, but I hope it works. It is located in the plaza between the Bank of America Building and the DoubleTree Hotel between Fourth and Fifth avenues.

http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cf...s&news_id=51716

Attended the first outdoor market this afternoon. Arrived around 5:05 and the display was a quality mix of locally grown vegetables, some flowers (which had sold well), coffee and soaps. Purchased three kinds of tomatoes, a cucumber and received a complimentary, good quality, LP backpack for carrying your veggies back home.

A bold experiment and worthy of your support.

Every Thursday through October.

How many stalls/vendors were there?

It was just one medium sized tent selling vegtables, herbs and flowers, and a table with coffee and soap. It was not a big display, but a start. I am not sure how many vendors it represented, but there were about eight people staffing the space. It had the feel of an experiment.