Coeur d’Alene keeps it local

Last summer just wasn’t long enough for Anissa Duwaik.

As the outdoor farmers’ market season came to a close last fall, Duwaik, who is manager of Coeur d’Alene’s two fair-weather farmers’ markets, saw a need to stretch out the season. Vendors had products to sell and shoppers wanted to continue to support the growers, ranchers and artisans from their community.

So, without a pause between the seasons, Duwaik opened an indoor winter market in the Lake City in November. The Local Market Cd’A operates on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in a corridor of the Plaza Shops, the  shopping mall across the street from the Coeur d’Alene Resort.

I was in Coeur d’Alene yesterday for the Kids’ Carnival the art community holds there in the mall, so my family jumped at the chance to eat a delicious lunch from the Local Market’s vendors. My 3 year old, see above, was most interested in the yarn spinning demonstration.

For more details about the market and Duwaik’s vision for growing a locally sustainable economy, read a DTE article I wrote about the market earlier this month.