HOM Flats - WKTV Journal

By Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
joanne@wktv.org

The first of four Summer Markets will be taking place this Saturday at HŌM Flats at 28 West, 1401 Prairie Parkway SW. The event is from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

At last year’s event, a customer looks over a flower arrangement from Wyoming-based Periwinkle Flor Co. (WKTV)

“We are excited to bring this opportunity back to the city,” said Brianna Peña, communications specialist for the City of Wyoming.

Last year, HŌM Flats had approached the city about hosting a public market, which city officials were also considering. The two groups decided to partner hosting two fall events which met with success.

Building off of that, it was decided to host four markets, all through the same partnership of the City of Wyoming and HŌM Flats.

“It is in preparation for the community to host and establish a consistency for these local markets in Wyoming,” Peña said for the reason of expanding the number of markets to four this year.

One of the goals of city officials is to establish a public market within the city limits. Some discussion has centered on using the northern portion of the Site 36, which the city retained after the sale of the property to Franklin Partners.

At each the markets there will be food trucks and artisan vendors offering an array of items such as handmade clothing, jewelry, keychains, and art.

At this Saturday’s event, the food trucks are Curry in a Hurry, which will be offering food selections form India such as Butter Chicken and Traditional Curry with Rice, and Simply Sweet Confections, which will be featuring a selection of its popular macarons.

Also on Saturday, there will be free ice cream to the first 200 attendees and face painting.

The remaining Summer Markets are set for:

July 16, 10 a.m. – 2 p.,. Pinery Park, 2301 DeHoop Ave. SW

Aug 19, 3-7 p.m., 28 West Parking lot, 1345 28 West Place, (near the former Lindo restaurant)

Sept. 16, 3-7 p.m., Wyoming City Hall, 1155 28th St. SW

HŌM Flats at 28 West and the City of Wyoming will be hosting two public markets in September. (pxhere.com)

By Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
joanne@wktv.org

An open market will return to the former 28th Studio site in the form of the HŌM Flats Public Market scheduled for this September.

“HŌM Flats is about providing quality homes that are accessible to all,” said Jaylyn McCloy with Magnus Capital Partners, which owns HŌM Flats at 28 West, located right across from the Wyoming High School at 1401 Prairie Parkway SW. The location was once part of the Studio 28 site and hosted the Studio 28 Flea Market for 50 years.

“We also wanted to be able to offer everything that the community has to our residents right to their front door,” McCloy said, adding that is how the public market idea was born.

The goal is to have vendors and food trucks representing businesses from the area, she said. The entire market is free to those attending and to the vendors.

“We really wanted to emphasis the community aspect and have the market open and available to everyone,” McCloy said, adding there is no fees for vendors to participate.

There is a deadline for those wishing to be a vendor, which is July 23. If you are interested in being a vendor, contact McCloy at jpm@magnuscapitalpartners.com. McCloy said vendors will receive information about the event and a bio sheet to complete.

“We had been planning this for a couple of months and once all the pieces were in place, we approached the city about sponsoring,” McCloy said. “It turns out that the city also was looking at doing something similar and really liked the concept, so they asked to partner.”

The partnership means the event will be hosted on two days, Sept. 18 at HŌM Flats at 28 West and Sept. 25 at Wyoming City Hall, 1155 28th St. SW. Both events will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Vendors may participate in either one or both events, McCloy said. Due to the locations, spaces are limited, so vendors are encouraged to apply soon.