SOMA West Farmers Market Press Release
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Erica Waltemade
July 19th, 2022
(925)386-6359
erica@swcbd.org
SOMA West Farmers Market at Eagle Plaza to launch July 16th to bring fresh food and community together in SOMA
SOMA West Community Benefit District is excited to announce the 2022 pilot season of the SOMA West Farmers Market at Eagle Plaza. The certified farmers market is the result of the close partnership and months of preparation with the Friends of Eagle Plaza, the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, SF Eagle Bar, HQ, neighborhood residents, and support from the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development.
The newly created Eagle Plaza is at the intersection of 12th Street and Harrison. It is the first Leather-themed public space: a neighborhood community gathering space managed in support of San Francisco’s Leather, Fetish, Kink, Queer, and LGBTQ culture and community. Eagle Plaza will serve as the backdrop for a family-friendly weekly Saturday market which will feature a selection from 12 vendors offering flowers, coffee, produce, sustainable seafood, and craft food items from vendors like Medina Berry Farms, Four Star Seafood, PastaRey Foods, Silverwings Coffee, Gumbo Social, and Yes Pudding. Depending on the market's success and the community’s reception, the hope is to expand it next year and beyond to become a community staple. Different musicians will perform every Saturday.
“The SOMA West farmers market will not only expand SOMA residents’ access to fresh local produce and food, but it will also give people a reason to come together and build community, and discover all that this part of SOMA has to offer,” says Erica Waltemade, one of the market organizers from SOMA West CBD. “For example, within a few blocks of the plaza is the San Francisco Eagle Bar, a historical landmark that will start a weekend brunch service this summer; Rainbow Grocery, one of the city’s best grocery stores; District Six, the unique outdoor venue with food trucks and events happening every weekend; and of course, SOMA’s iconic 11th Street nightlife corridor.”
The SOMA West Farmers Market 2022 will be held weekly on Saturdays from 9 am - 1 pm* from from now until October 29th. EBT payments will be accepted. A grand opening celebration is planned for July 23rd at 11 am with special guests and live music provided by Baycoin Beats.
* The market will end at 12:30 pm On the second Saturday of each month, (8/13, 9/10, 10/8) to accommodate the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District and Folsom Street’s SOMA Second Saturdays Kink Art & Craft Fair event from 1 pm - 5 pm. Learn more about that event here: https://sfleatherdistrict.org/show/
About SOMA West Community Benefit District SOMA West Community Benefit District is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization formed in 2020 dedicated to improving the quality of life in SOMA West by creating a cleaner, safer, and more vibrant neighborhood for all. We are accomplishing this through a robust, data-driven cleaning and maintenance program, public safety and outreach, and projects and events that activate and improve our dense urban environment and celebrate our neighborhood’s rich and diverse history. Contact: Erica Waltemade, SOMA West Community Benefit District
erica@swcbd.org / 714.653.2917
About Friends of Eagle Plaza
Friends of Eagle Plaza is a neighborhood-based nonprofit group established in 2020. The group’s objective is to maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming space. They raise and manage funds to organize, facilitate and authorize events using the Eagle Plaza venue. Priority is given to non-profit organizations and those that support our local Leather, Fetish, Kink, Queer, and LGBTQ community. The Friends of Eagle Plaza oversee the operations of the plaza, coordinating special events and ensuring the cleanliness, safety, and accessibility of Eagle Plaza as a shared public amenity for all members of the community.
About the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
The Organization’s vision is to rejoice, commemorate, and protect the contributions of our predecessors, contemporaries, and successors rooted in the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District and its diverse and marginalized peoples. United, we preserve, enhance, and advocate for the continuity and vitality of the Kinky and Queer communities of San Francisco's LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District.
Connect with SOMA West Farmers Market
Web: somawestcbd.org/farmersmarket
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/somawestfarmersmarket/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SOMA-West-Farmers-Market-at-Eagle-Plaza-101239655986592
Connect with SOMA West CBD
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/somawestcbd/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoMaWestCBD/
Connect with Friends of Eagle Plaza
Web: http://www.eagleplaza.org/friendsofeagleplaza
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/428777560614282/
Connect with LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
Web: https://sfleatherdistrict.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sfleatherdist/
Facebook: http://fb.me/sflcd.org
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