Belmar Loses Its Farmers Market

Belmar's summer farmers market-- which for nearly a decade set up shop along Alaska Drive before moving last year to the Best Buy parking lot-- is officially gone for good, according to a press release issued last month on www.belmarcolorado.com.

I don't have any information as to why Belmar and its farmers market parted ways. I personally enjoyed having it around, but more as background ambiance. I rarely bought anything at the market. If this was a common experience, then that may be the explanation. Or maybe it has something to do with Sprouts opening up their new downtown Lakewood store. Really, I don't know.

The press release from Belmar mentions a new farmers market setting up shop later this summer/fall on the corner of Alameda and Garrison. This is outside of walking distance from most of downtown Lakewood, but would be an easy bike ride following the Alameda bikeway.