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Rain clouds and a light drizzle didn\u2019t stop the return of Cortez Evening Market on Tuesday night at City Park.<\/p>\n
About 11 vendors of arts, food, produce and beverages set up at the market, as shoppers trickled in search of Montezuma County-cultivated goods.<\/p>\n
One of those vendors was Cecilia Bento, of Bento Pork Farms in Yellow Jacket. Bento raises pigs and sells pork by the pound at the regular Saturday market. She also sold at last summer\u2019s Evening Market, noting that it was a great way to reach more shoppers who may not be able find weekend time to come out on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really enjoyed it,\u201d said Bento. \u201cSome people come to town to work, and I know the last thing they want to do is drive back in on their Saturday off, so hopefully we\u2019ll get some more of that traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gretchen Gronke, Evening Market coordinator and community health organizer with LiveWell Montezuma, said the market will have \u201cmore and more produce\u201d as the season progresses.<\/p>\n
In season now, and featured at the Saturday market as well are beets, bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, garlic scapes, green onions, greens, herbs, kohlrabi, lettuce, live plants, radishes, rhubarb, spinach, sugar snap peas and summer squash.<\/p>\n
The Cortez Evening Market events are slated the first Tuesday of every month, ending in October.<\/p>\n
The next markets are slated for Aug. 4, Sept. 1, and Oct. 6. They run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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