{"id":26940,"date":"2019-03-02T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=26940"},"modified":"2019-03-02T02:55:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T08:55:07","slug":"clarksville-downtown-market-wins-four-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2019\/03\/02\/clarksville-downtown-market-wins-four-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarksville Downtown Market wins four awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Clarksville Parks and Recreation event earns State, National Accolades<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-299103\" title=\"Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Clarksville-Parks-and-Recreation-Department.jpg\" alt=\"Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department\" width=\"240\" height=\"96\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; The Clarksville Downtown Market received national recognition at two conferences this past week.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Pick TN Conference in Franklin, Tennessee, on February 21st-23rd, the Tennessee Association of Farmers Markets awarded the Clarksville Downtown Market first place for Best Market Brochure and second place for the Best Market T-shirt.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_445845\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Clarksville-Downtown-Market-wins-four-awards-1.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-445845\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-445845\" title=\"Jennifer Letourneau, Clarksville Parks &amp; Recreation Director and Channel Lemon, Clarksville Downtown Market Manager with Joe Pitts, City of Clarksville Mayor.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Clarksville-Downtown-Market-wins-four-awards-1-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Letourneau, Clarksville Parks &amp; Recreation Director and Channel Lemon, Clarksville Downtown Market Manager with Joe Pitts, City of Clarksville Mayor.\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-445845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Letourneau, Clarksville Parks &amp; Recreation Director and Channel Lemon, Clarksville Downtown Market Manager with Joe Pitts, City of Clarksville Mayor.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Just a few days later, the Clarksville Downtown Market was awarded first place for Best Event T-shirt and second place for Best Event Sponsor (Seasons Market) at the Southeast Festivals and Events Association\u2019s Kaleidoscope Awards, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are honored to be nominated and excited to have won,\u201d said Shani Simms, owner of Seasons Market. \u201cWe&#8217;ve just barely scratched the surface!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seasons Market supports the Clarksville Downtown Market and its vendors through monetary contributions. They also offer weekly giveaways, demonstrations, tasting samples, prizes and incentives to market shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe partnership between Seasons Market and the Clarksville Downtown Market is a win-win-win, for the Clarksville Downtown Market\u2019s vendors, our customers and Seasons Market,\u201d said Channel Lemon, Clarksville Downtown Market Manager.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 Market T-shirt concept came about from Clarksville Parks and Recreation\u2019s team desire to make a connection between farmers markets and healthier lifestyles. It was designed by Mia Upchurch, a Rossview High School student and intern participating in a local career prep program. The message on the front of the T-shirt is a play on the words farm and pharmacy, creating Farmacy, with the catchphrase, \u201cLet food be your medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 market season will be 8:00am to 1:00pm Saturdays from May 25th to October 12th in downtown Clarksville on Public Square. Vendor applications are available online through Friday, March 15th.<\/p>\n<p>For information, please contact Clarksville Parks and Recreation at 931.645.7476, follow \u201cClarksville Downtown Market\u201d on Facebook, or visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ClarksvilleDowntownMarket.com\" >www.ClarksvilleDowntownMarket.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About The Clarksville Downtown Market<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-118326\" title=\"Clarksville Downtown Market\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Clarksville-Downtown-Market.gif\" alt=\"Clarksville Downtown Market\" width=\"153\" height=\"200\"\/>The Clarksville Downtown Market is a weekly open-air market featuring local farmers and artisans who offer fresh produce, food items, and handcrafted products.<\/p>\n<p>The Market strives to provide an opportunity for customers to connect with local businesses and to provide affordable, locally grown, fresh foods while enhancing the quality of life for all individuals in our community.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy live music, meet our Market mascot, \u201cCorny the Cob,\u201d and experience special events on select market days.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department<\/h3>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Clarksville-Parks-and-Recreation-Department-Office.jpg\"  rel=\"attachment wp-att-335165\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-335165\" title=\"Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Office\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Clarksville-Parks-and-Recreation-Department-Office-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Office\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\"\/><\/a>The mission of the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is to provide a variety of positive recreational experiences to enhance life values for individuals, families, and our diverse culture.<\/p>\n<p>The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department offers a wide variety of recreational facilities and activities for all ages, maintains more than 700 acres of parks and facilities, provides 22 park facilities that offer a variety of amenities, including playgrounds, picnic areas, walking trails and pavilions or picnic shelters and maintains three community centers with year-round programming for youth, adults and seniors, as well as four public swimming pools<\/p>\n<p>The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is located at 102 Public Square, Clarksville.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more call 931.645.7476.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville Parks and Recreation event earns State, National Accolades Clarksville, TN &#8211; The Clarksville Downtown Market received national recognition at two conferences this past week. 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