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Butternut Market Fire: “It’s A Set Back For The Set Up”

Posted on May 24, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

It’s not as bad as it could have been.  One week later after a top floor fire caused some damage to the ground floor of the soon Butternut Market (307 Stuyvesant Avenue at Halsey Street), business partners Ardenia Brown and Alexia Billart are counting their blessings.  ”We thank God that no one was hurt in the [...]

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Butternut Market to Open in Former Solomon’s Porch Space in June!

Posted on April 9, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

The steel shutters are up, new windows in place.  Garbage has been hurled out.  The ceiling has been stripped, exposing wooden beams and incasedent lightbulbs. It’s been busy at the former Solomon’s Porch space (307 Stuyvesant Avenue between Halsey & Hancock Streets) for almost two weeks now.  This makeover comes in preparation for the long [...]

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Green Brooklyn Green City Event Tomorrow

Posted on September 23, 2009 by The Changeling

[ September 24, 2009; 11:30 am to 6:00 pm. ]

Tomorrow, from 11:30 am to 6:00 pm, head over to the Green Brooklyn Green City event. Alongside the Greenmarket farmers’ market, attendees can visit interactive exhibitor booths, tour the greenmarket, make art from recycled products, attend a free workshop, drop their textiles for recycling or a large-scale textile sculpture and more.

Workshops include:
The State [...]

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Survey to Measure Interest in an Organic Market

Posted on August 5, 2009 by The Changeling

A reader sent us a link to a survey that is being used to gauge interest in an organic market in Bed-Stuy. We’re not sure of the specifics (e.g. potential locations, projected opening date, etc.), and we have yet to take the survey ourselves, but we hope that whoever is behind this will be [...]

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