BUTTE \u2014 Thanks to the efforts of some makers here in Butte, you can now get your fresh fruits and vegetables, soaps and lotions, and even artwork at a new midweek farmers-market style community market at Clark Park.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ve been making soap for nine years and I got into it because I was diagnosed with a medical condition,” says Heather Wilson, of Silk Soapery. <\/p>\n
Wilson uses clean ingredients like plant-based oils, activated charcoal, and colorful natural clay in her soap and body care items. She has been a vendor at farmers markets for three years, but now she is also a co-owner of the Butte Community Market along with her friend and fellow maker, Shannon Moyle.<\/p>\n
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“We\u2019ve got candles, we\u2019ve got art, we\u2019ve got self-defense keychains,” says Shannon Moyle, co-owner of Butte Community Market. She runs through a list of items that are spread out in booths around the circular area that serves as a skating rink during winter months. <\/p>\n
“Our farmers market is specifically focused on making sure that we have activities for kids, we have music, we have a themed event every week,” says Moyle. Across the park, a giant bucket dumps water on kids in the splash park while other children swing at the playground. <\/p>\n
Moyle says local organic produce and fresh cut flowers will always be a staple of the midweek market that offers vendors and shoppers an outlet that doesn\u2019t compete with weekend plans, but the market also offers an economic boost to the community.<\/p>\n
“It introduces local growers, local makers and it keeps the money local,” says Wilson. <\/p>\n