The Advoc8te noticed a few weeks ago that the little park at MLK and Malcolm X (the one we call Shepherd Park) has seemed much quieter than usual. It took me two trips past the park before I realized what had changed - the horshoe pits were gone and so where the Horseshoe Players and their stuff.

The Advoc8te had heard rumors for sometime that the group was being relocated to another park. I think I heard they were going to Anacostia Park...or was that Oxon Hill Park? I'm not really sure,  regardless they are no longer in Shepherd Park and I as well as most neighbors think that is best.  Many in the community want to see that park become more family friendly and perhaps despite their best of intentions the crowd attracted by the Horseshoe games were only adult. I was talking to a neighbor the other day and we were both commenting on  how GREAT it would be if the Ward 8 Farmers Market could replace the Horseshoe Players.  That park would be ideal because unlike the lot at the old Congress Heights School the park is lush, very visible, has great parking and is directly on route of several bus stops.  It woudl also be a great way to get families to bring the kids out to the market as the park has a playground.

So what can we do to get the Ward 8 Farmers Market to consider a move to Shepherd Park? If anyone out there works on the Ward 8 Farmers Market I would love to know if they would consider a move to that park.  It would really do a lot for the community and could be really beneficial to the park. How great would it be to get your peaches and plums at the intersection of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King?! I'll take two!

Including a picture of one  my great finds at last week's Farmers Market. Everything was mmm...mmm..good.

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