North Market Celebrates 15th Annual Apron Gala!

It’s time to summon up your creative side and assemble, abscond with or otherwise acquire an apron for the gastronomically legendary North Market Apron Gala. We’re not apron authorities, but through the years we’ve witnessed waist-tied attire that runs the gamut from naughty to nice, vintage to topical, unbiased to political and even some that […]

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The Hills Market & North Market's Market to Market Ride Celebrates Being Green

Columbus, Ohio – Supporting local foods, local merchants, Ohio purveyors and Ohio farmers is the mission at the heart of two Columbus markets, North Market and The Hills Market. The markets aligned to create the Market to Market ride in October of 2009 and have since sent more than 1,000 cyclists peddling up and down […]

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Spring—and Paper Yard Bags—Has Popped Up on Every Corner

Now that spring has arrived, it might be a good time for a quick reminder. The city collects yard waste (leaves, grass clippings, tree branches and tree trunks) from your curb weekly if it is properly bagged or bundled. Place leaves and grass clippings in disposable paper yard-waste bags or use your own container. Branches […]

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North Market Farmers Market Opens April 30

With the arrival of Spring, Ohio farmers will return with their fresh, locally-grown produce, plants and products beginning April 30th.  The first group of farmers to kick-off the season will be Combs Fresh Herbs, Ehmann & Sons Greenhouse, Folck Family Farm, Ohio Farm Direct, Oink Moo Cluck Farm, Somerset Greenhouse, Summer Thyme Farm, Toad Hill […]

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Business Profile – Designs by Doe

By Mary Martineau Designs by Doe—tucked into the back of a building on the southeast corner of Michigan and West Third avenues—specializes in creating unique floral gifts that incorporate customer ideas into their designs. The founders, R. Allen Dodson and his mother (dubbed “Doe” by her father), named their business “Designs by Doe” because they […]

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