A new Parkville Farmers Market structure is taking shape in Downtown Parkville in the parking lot near English Landing Park south of the railroad tracks. In the spring of 2022, a box truck ran into the southeast side of the previous Farmers Market structure and three sections had to be removed. Then a couple of months later in June of 2022, a tractor-trailer ran into the north side of the building, which caused extensive damage and the entire structure was torn down. Although the structure had existed in its current location for more than 35 years, it was hit twice in a period of 45 days. E.L. Crawford is the contractor on the new Farmers Market. The new structure will be similar to what was there previously, but will have deeper overhangs, stone columns, an aluminum replica sign. The City of Parkville has $1.8 million to design and construct the new structure from the following funding sources: $1 million – Platte County Parks Grant; $450,000 from the city’s parks sales tax fund; and $350,000 in insurance claims on the previously damaged structure.
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