Sunday in The Junction: New help for Flag Day; more updates on Farmers’ Market street move

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One more day until a momentous Sunday in The Junction:

(WSB photo from Flag Day 2013)
FLAG DAY HELP THANKS TO POST 160: The death of Don Smathers earlier this year not only brought memories and mourning, but also the question: Who would make sure flags are up in The Junction on key holidays, as Don had done for so many years? Susan Melrose of the West Seattle Junction Association tells WSB that American Legion Post 160 has offered to help, so when you see the flags on Flag Day tomorrow, that’s who to thank.

Of course we know you’ll be in The Junction tomorrow to check out the debut of the new West Seattle Farmers’ Market location:

WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT THE FARMERS’ MARKET MOVE: WS Farmers’ Market management is out with a list of “10 cool things” about the market’s move into the street, starting tomorrow (California Avenue SW between Oregon and Alaska). If you don’t want to read the whole list, a few highlights:

*More room to shop – 28,000 square feet, up from 16,000 sf in the 44th/Alaska lot (which reverts to parking as of this Sunday, except for July 12th, when it will host the market again on West Seattle Summer Fest Sunday)

*9 new vendors, listed by WSFM as “including Mariposa Farm, Left Foot Farm, Nelli Farm, Yellow Belly Farm, Starvation Alley and Seola Bee, which sells honey from hives kept in West Seattle.”

*Prepared hot food will be for sale, for the first time, from vendors including Falafel Salam, Girls Gone BBQ, and Loki (longtime vendor which now gets to bring its sliders and hash). Look for sidewalk-café tables supplied by the Junction Association!

And market management points out that the move will bring shoppers closer than ever to The Junction’s year-round bricks-and-mortar restaurants (and retailers!) so you can visit them too while you’re there.

WSFM hours are the same, 10 am-2 pm; the market block will be a no-parking zone 7 am-4 pm.

Smitty June 13, 2015 (10:47 am)

“Flag Day” in West Seattle?

I’ll believe it when I see it.

WSB June 13, 2015 (10:50 am)

Drive, walk, ride around. You’d be surprised. For example, the condo building near Don Armeni that usually has at least half a dozen flying (I’ve put it on Instagram a couple times) on Memorial Day, etc.

Smitty June 13, 2015 (10:56 am)

I agree. My neighborhood has a lot too.

Guess I meant a junction-sanctioned flag day without equal representation of a “world flag” or some such nonsense.

Just in case someone might interpret it as a sign of American exceptionalism or similar,

newnative June 13, 2015 (12:27 pm)

Smitty, I don’t know where you have been on patriotic holidays but the Junction always seems to have flags.

AJ June 13, 2015 (12:34 pm)

Really excited about the changes to the market! I’ll be there tomorrow to check it out. It’ll be great to have more space and additional vendors. Looking forward to trying Girls Gone BBQ!

westseattledood June 13, 2015 (2:12 pm)

I just found out that they are allowing dogs at the WSFM now! I have just assumed all these years that it was still no dogs. I cannot believe that I had not noticed dogs there until just very recently. Good grief.

westseattledood June 13, 2015 (2:14 pm)

Flags and beautiful flower baskets. Go Junction Assn.!

WestSeattle Hipster June 13, 2015 (2:32 pm)

The condo building near Don Armeni looks fabulous when the residents fly their flags.

I proudly fly the stars and stripes on my home, but for some odd reason people ask me if I am republican. They can’t believe a Democrat can be patriotic………….

redblack June 13, 2015 (2:46 pm)

smitty, i’ll cut you some slack, because i’m certain that you called or visited post 160 and thanked them for keeping the tradition alive. you probably even donated your time to the effort.
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so thanks smitty, mr. smathers, and AL post 160! happy flag day!

NW June 13, 2015 (3:17 pm)

THE JUNCTION IS A CENTRAL HUB FOR COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND TRANSIT WOULD LIKE TO SEE INVESTMENT FROM THE GROUND UP AND ACTUALLY NO PURCHASE OF HANGING FLOWER BASKETS INSTEAD THE PURCHASE AND SPONSORSHIP OF CIGARETTE BUTT CONTAINERS AND MORE TRASH BINS PROVIDED IN THIS EVER INCREASING POPULATED URBAN VILLAGE IT IS REALLY GOING TO NEED IT!