The Four Mile Run Farmers & Artisans Market (4MRMarket) will be open every Sunday from 9am until 1pm this Spring in Four Mile Run Park at 4109 Mt Vernon Avenue, Alexandria. (click here for directions)
Help us celebrate these entrepreneurs this Sunday 9am-1pm! And welcome our newest market vendor Sweet Twist of Ecuador!
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| Making fresh, dairy-free, raspberry ice cream on-site by hand. |
This husband and wife team opened their first store in 2012 in Ecuador as Dulce Placer Heladeria by Ana Garcia. They created more than 600 flavors and love to prepare rare and exotic combinations. Their main ingredients being love, care, and passion.
Also....Come enjoy the concert: Since its inception, 4MRMarket has hosted the 4MR Concert Series. This season marks another year where the 4MR Stage will be home a weekly concert series featuring local artists that volunteer their time to bring you a little kick-start to your Sunday! Nearly every week, there will be an artist on stage from 10am to noon. They graciously accept tips and friendly applause, so please help support music at the market from these volunteer musicians!
Pick up a "Farm. Fresh. PLEDGE!" at several locations around the market and for each $10 spent at 4MRMarket, we'll be checking it off (or punching it out) on your card. Once filled, the card will be submitted for a statewide drawing each month, as well as being eligible for a local prize. The first drawing isn't until the end of June, so we get to give everyone a head start!
Jong runs Jive Sound, a bass guitar shop on the Avenue in Arlandria and his solo performances of The Bubba Kim Experience are a lot of fun.
Remember, the concert is free, but Jong and all our performers welcome tips and friendly applause for sharing their craft with you on a lovely Sunday morning.
Please see the 4MRMarket FaceBook event page for more information about the show!
Yoga @4MRMarket (MORE DATES ADDED!)
Join instructors from VETOGA for an early Yoga @ 4MRMarket class Sundays from 8:30am until 9:15am while contributing funds for park improvements with the Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation. Bring your own mat & water bottle. The suggested donation is $10. For more info on all the dates or to pre-register go to: 4MRYoga.eventbrite.com
Join instructors from VETOGA for an early Yoga @ 4MRMarket class Sundays from 8:30am until 9:15am while contributing funds for park improvements with the Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation. Bring your own mat & water bottle. The suggested donation is $10. For more info on all the dates or to pre-register go to: 4MRYoga.eventbrite.com
Founded to support the revitalization and expansion of Four Mile Run Park, 4MRMarket has worked with various community partners to create a venue that is inviting, clean and a resource for the diverse neighborhood of Arlandria. We started a non-profit to improve Four Mile Run Park & Stream. Help us! We're not just a Farmers Market. We're a cause!!
The Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and volunteer organization formed in 2016 following years of community efforts to foster the preservation, beautification, improvement, maintenance, and enjoyment of Four Mile Run Park. Their mission is to engage and educate the public, and to maintain the trail system and natural lands around lower Four Mile Run to improve Four Mile Run Park, and to foster respect and stewardship for this unique urban ecosystem and its natural, historic, and recreational resources. Their vision is a Four Mile Run Park that is fully utilized and appreciated by its neighbors and other stakeholders as an important part of community life, a resource for recreation, and a model for natural lands maintenance in an urban setting.
VETOGA’s mission is to provide yoga, meditation, and healing arts to military, veterans, their families, and communities. They accomplish this by holding free monthly yoga classes, events and veteran specific 200-Hour Teacher Trainings throughout the year. VETOGA is a non-profit based in Washington, D.C. You can help fund their teaching program on their Fundraising Campaign right now.
For the current list of revolving vendors this season at 4MRMarket, see our vendor page on our website: Meet our Vendors
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| Come early to get the pickles and see Number 1 Mom at Number 1 Sons! |
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More ways to support 4MRMarket:
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The supercool 4MRMarket t-shirt
will soon be even cooler. Stay tuned. |
BUY. Proceeds of our 4MRMarket T-shirts go to support Four Mile Run Park improvements with our partner the Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation. Shirts are currently out of stock. We'll be trying a new ordering system soon.
DONATE. Help 4MRMarket help 4MRPark. Tax-deductible donations can be made to support us in our efforts to revitalize Four Mile Run Park. Donate to our partner the Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation to fund tree plantings, clean-ups, water stations and other amenities at 4MRExpand or throughout the park.
VOLUNTEER. We love help with set-up and tear-down and/or helping folks shop using SNAP or Credit/Debit cards. Just find a Market Manager to ask to help, or email us at 4MRMarket@arlandria.org for more info.
FOLLOW. Keep up to date on all the goings on by following 4MRMarket on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Email or via our website and blog.
SPREAD THE WORD. Please tell folks about us. And tell folks about some of the great things we're doing. For instance, all SNAP participants can take advantage of the Inova-sponsored "Double Dollar" program again this year that doubles the first $20 SNAP participants spend. An extra $20!! 4MRMarket is proud to have been the first farmers’ market in Northern Virginia to accept SNAP.
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Buy Fresh Buy Local 4MRMarket products.
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The Four Mile Run Farmers and Artisans Market (Alexandria, Virginia 22305) brings fresh, nutritious food to people of all income levels, provide an opportunity for local artisans and producers of goods to bring their wares to market, strive to reflect the diversity of the community, and improve the quality of life for Arlandria residents and visitors. It is part of an overall vision to expand and improve Four Mile Run park and the surrounding neighborhood.
For more info see: http://www.4mrmarket.org/
Contact us at: 4MRMarket@arlandria.org
Or call the 4MRMarket hotline: (804) 4mi-Run1
