Village market closes
Thursday will be the last meeting of the Westwood Village Farmers Market; the longtime Weyburn Avenue location is scheduled to close indefinitely. The city fire marshal has revoked its street-closing permit for public safety reasons while work proceeds on a residential and shopping complex.
Manager Aaron Shapiro says there are no apparent alternative sites for a farmers market in Westwood.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. April 5, 2006 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Tuesday April 04, 2006 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 2 inches; 79 words Type of Material: Correction
Farmers market closing: In an article in Wednesday’s Food section about the last meeting of the Westwood Village Farmers Market, the opinion attributed to manager Aaron Shapiro that no alternative sites for the market were available was paraphrased not from an interview with Shapiro but from an announcement on the market’s website. The story also said that Southland Farmers Market Assn. expelled Westwood Village for ethics violations, but should have noted that Westwood Village Farmers Market disputes the allegations.
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday April 05, 2006 Home Edition Food Part F Page 3 Features Desk 2 inches; 80 words Type of Material: Correction
Farmers market closing: In an article in last week’s Food section about the last meeting of the Westwood Village Farmers Market, the opinion attributed to manager Aaron Shapiro that no alternative sites for the market were available was paraphrased not from an interview with Shapiro but from an announcement on the market’s website.
The story also said that Southland Farmers Market Assn. expelled Westwood Village for ethics violations, but should have noted that Westwood Village Farmers Market disputes the allegations.
This 12-year-old farmers market has a troubled past. In 2003, the nonprofit organization it had been founded to benefit dissolved. Last year, Southland Farmers’ Market Assn. expelled Westwood Village from the organization for ethics violations such as unexplained expenses, failure to pay dues and lack of evidence that it had contributed to community programs.
-- Charles Perry
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