Vote With Your Fork!
Grower's Market on the Square
We have beef, lamb, pork, salmon, tomatoes, green beans, peppers, basil, garlic, peaches, apples, grapes, melons, potatoes, onions, jams, jellies, relishes, fresh-baked bread, cookies ... and that was just last week. We also have a number of artisans vending pottery, jewelery and bags.
We have a terrific selection of ecologically grown produce. Come meet your local farmers.
Stay tuned to our website as we build a section for for our growers where you can learn why they do what they do - how they got into the practice of farming, and where to find their produce locally when not at our market.
GO LOCO FOR LOCAL CROPS!
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For more information on the CMS market, please call our offices at: (618) 529-8040
For information regarding the Carbondale Farmer's Market at Westown
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Spend Saturdays in Carbondale!
Restaurants open Saturday morning for breakfast & within walking distance to the Square:
Mary Lou's - Harbaugh's - The Corner Diner - Express Burrito - Pizza King - Longbranch - Melange Coffee House
For Lunch add the following:
Tres Hombres, Newell House, Global Gourmet, Town Square Market, Thai Taste, Booby's, Pagliai's, El Greco, Jimmy John's, Sam's Cafe, Chicago Hot Dogs, Wise Guys Pizza, Sidetracks Bar & Grill, QQ Bubble Tea, Quatro's, New Kahala, Don Taco, Kaya, China Express, Quizno's, Gumby's, Git Sum. Please see our business listing for contact information for these businesses.
Restaurants open Saturday morning for breakfast within walking distance to the Westown Market
Christaudo's, Neighborhood Co-op, Mississippi Flyway, Denny's
For lunch add the following:
Happy Reunion, Mi Pueblito
Please refer to our business listing for your other local shopping needs - shoes, clothes, jewelry, gifts, hair & nail salons, tanning, outdoor gear, office supplies, flower shops - we've got it all downtown.
Spend with a Friend - keep your money local!
We get asked this a lot, so in response to public query: The CMS Market is not officially affiliated with the Carbondale Farmer's Market at Westown. We do, however, support them in every way, and our market move is partially due to their success. So:
Vend or buy at the Carbondale Farmer's Market at Westown !
Saturdays from 8-Noon in front of the Westside Post Office
Fresh produce, crafts, flowers, baked goods, canned goods and meat. For thirty years the folks at the Westown Market have been providing Carbondale's best social shopping experience - come out and visit them on Saturday, then visit one of the restaurants or shops at the Westown/Murdale shopping centers.
For more information, please contact Bonnie White at (618) 893-4281
Many thanks to all who vended, and all who attended, for making this first time event such a success!
Please check back with us about the possibility of a late fall event ... and don't forget the Pig Out ~ scheduled as usual for the third Saturday in September (19th & 20th). Check the sidebar for details ~ this year we've added a 5K run!
Rock Out for Rosie
A benefit concert has been scheduled for August 9th from 4pm - close at Hangar 9. Please come and show your support.
Rosie, a Murphysboro, IL girl who is soon to be 4 years old, is in intensive care in a St. Louis hospital and will require months of recovery after being attacked by a dog in Carbondale last week. Rosie (Gordon), suffered severe facial lacerations from an American bulldog in the June 19 attack and underwent an initial reconstruction surgery on June 24, with 17 doctors attending the case.
Plans are under way for a benefit concert to take place in Carbondale later this summer.
Donations to help support Rosie and her family can be sent to First Southern Bank, located at 301 E. Main in Carbondale, 62901. Checks should be made payable to "Reach out to Rosie." For more information and update on Rosie's condition, please visit reachoutorosie. org.
The Brown Bag Concert Series will resume on Wednesday, September 3, 2008
For more information look below, or click on the " 2008 Brown Bag Concerts" sidebar (
Interested in Historic Preservation?
Find out if your house or building is one of more than 300 historic buildings and sites that could be considered potential local landmarks
by visiting the City of Carbondale's website here
Homebuyer Program helps low-income families
The Western Egypitan Economic Opportunity Council's Homebuyer program has funds available for low-income families to assist in the purchase and renovation of area homes. For more information please call (618) 965-3193 or visit their website at www. weeoc. org / homebuyer. htm
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The 12th Annual Carbondale Main Street Pig Out is fast approaching!
Please join us on September 19th and 20th for a great downtown get-together! Or lace up your running/walking shoes and join us for a pre-Pig Out work out! For more information, lpease click on the Pig Out section of the sidebar <-----)
Varsity/Stage Company Update
 
From the Stage Company Desk:
Dear Everyone,
Been busy much? Us too. The plumbers, electricians, salvage haulers, etc., have been plying their trades at the Varsity Center for the Arts. Among our many volunteers, the cleaners and sorters and tally-ers are still cleaning and sorting and tallying, while the builders are still building.
General work hours are still Wednesdays and Saturday mornings from 9-11, and the builders' hours are Tuesdays-Thursdays-and-Saturdays from 9-3. (If you just want to drop by for a look around, Weds & Sats are your best bet. Because unlike everyone else, I am always glad to stop working and talk.)
We've uncovered most of the terrazo in the restrooms, and might be able to reclaim most of it. Sweet!
What you can't help but notice in the east theater this week if you should drop by: the floor of the (nonsloping) scene shop has been framed out by our volunteer carpenters, including Bill Crain, Stuart Saken, Lee Brackett, and Loren Cocking. A thirty foot firewall goes up between it and the seats, and the stage goes in front of that. (Audiences won't ever see or give the scene shop a thought, but we'll all know it's there.)
What to do this weekend because it's too hot to be outside anyway: Go see the musical "Little Women" at McLeod. It's how to cap a Carbondale summer.
Cathy Field
549-1409
FYI:
VCA development board members. These are the people who have volunteered their time to guide the development and direction of this important community asset, and we are all very grateful for their efforts:
Armen Asaturian
Mayor Brad Cole
David Coracy
Catherine Field
William C. Hinde
P. Michael Kimmel, Esq.
Dr. John F. Langowski, Jr.
Dr. Peter J. Pirmann
President Glen W. Poshard
Jo Poshard
Dr. Marsha Ryan
Stephen Schauwecker
Dr. Blanche Carlton Sloan
BTW, thanks to everyone contributing to the Fred Sloan memorial fund. I'm told it's over two thousand dollars now. (If you would like to add to that, please send your gift care of the Varsity Center for the Arts, Box 332, Carbondale IL 62903. Thanks again.)
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