A plan percolating in Hartford’s North End could transform part of a prominent building on Homestead Avenue into a market with rented space for entrepreneurs, the same structure that was considered last year for a shelter for people experiencing homelessness.
The market — patterned after the city’s Parkville Market and even more so after Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market — could be located in the Salvation Army building and its centerpiece would be the year-round sale of fresh fruits and vegetables in a part of the city acknowledged as a food desert. The market could be paired with affordable housing on the building’s second floor to provide income to operate the building and keep rents low for market space.
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