BIZNOTES: Junction Tax-Free Day set; Tony’s Market soon; CSA at The General Store – Seattle?

Three West Seattle biznotes tonight:

JUNCTION TAX-FREE DAY: Two weeks from today, the West Seattle Junction Association confirms, the day of sales dubbed Tax-Free Day will be back. That’s Saturday, April 18th, first Saturday after the federal filing deadline. Of course it’s not really tax-free – but participating merchants (see the list here – including WSB sponsors AAA West Seattle, Click! Design That Fits, Curious Kidstuff, Emerald Water Anglers, Hotwire Online Coffeehouse, VAIN, and Wallflower Custom Framing) will be offering you a discount by covering the sales-tax cost.

TONY’S MARKET: Worried fans of the seasonal produce store Tony’s Market at 35th and Barton have been messaging us with concerns that it’s already April and Tony’s hasn’t opened for the season yet. We’ve seen activity at the site off and on but hadn’t managed to catch up with anyone for formal comment yet – however, we’ve learned that he’s definitely gearing up to open for the season, possibly as soon as next week.

SPEAKING OF PRODUCE – CSA, ANYONE? Claire at The General Store – Seattle (WSB sponsor) wonders if you are interested in signing up for a CSA dropoff at her store (3400 Harbor SW). CSA stands for Community-Supported Agriculture, and Claire’s been working with Skylight Farms, which she says “showcases more than 100 varieties of produce” and has egg shares available too; the program runs for 20 weeks, June through October, with members having the option of choosing weekly or biweekly deliveries. Claire says only 10 subscriptions a week are needed for The General Store to become a dropoff spot. If you are – or might be – interested, please e-mail Claire at claire@thegeneralstoreseattle.com.

WSobserver April 4, 2015 (10:48 pm)

I’m interested in the Skylight Farms produce.

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But I just looked at their website and there is no information on approximate cost, approximate volume of required minimum order, really very little in the way of useful information for the buyer. I don’t need a case of pickling cucumber just because they were prolific one week.

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Has anyone done this before and can illustrate how much food one might expect in a shipment and the cost? Do they pack the box with whatever is ripe or is each item ordered specifically? It’s not clear to me.

Sarah April 5, 2015 (1:11 am)

http://skylightfarms.com/taste/csa/ This page lists prices and what to expect in each box.

Sue April 5, 2015 (8:04 am)

WSobserver, if you’re like me and want to be picky about what is in the box, I’d recommend Full Circle – http://www.fullcircle.com – they tell you exactly what is coming in each box ahead of time and give you the opportunity to swap things out. You can set it so if you can’t stand a certain fruit/veggie, it’ll never show up in your box. And they have other grocery items (or more produce) that you can add onto the order. It gets directly delivered to your home, and you can suspend it if you won’t be around that week. The only reason I’m not still using it is that I moved into a secure building and I’m less inclined to get dressed, wander into the elevator and go down to get my stuff at 6am.

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