A new market giving Del Norters a weekly place to score local goods from Native American jewelry to hand-made bags and knitted items started today.

People will also find fresh Mexican food and, potentially, baked items from Sticks & Scones and Rebecca’s Filipino barbecue as well, Sierra Smith told the Wild Rivers Outpost on Tuesday.

The Community Market will be held until 2 p.m. today at the Family Resource Center of the Redwoods, 494 Pacific Ave. in Crescent City. The market will be held every Wednesday with the exception of the first Wednesday of the month.

Smith, who managed the Downtown Crescent City Farmers & Artisans Market last summer, said she wanted to re-create the social atmosphere and camaraderie she saw between customers and vendors. When the farmers market ended in October, more than one person said they were sad to see it close, so Smith said she wanted to extend it.

She said she also wanted to highlight the services and programs the FRC offers.

“A lot of people don’t know what’s going on over there,” Smith told the Outpost. “They’re going to have staff circulating through each one of our markets representing different entities whether that’s First 5 (or) Pacific Pantry. They’ll offer information and classes. It’s a mutually beneficial thing all the way around.”

While the Community Market will have some of the same artisans as the Downtown Diva’s event over the summer, Smith said this is not a farmers market. There will be no produce, she said, noting that their primary vendor, Ocean Air Farms, will not be at the market. There also won’t be a Market Match program and EBT cards will not be accepted, she said.

As for how long the market will last, Smith said that depends on the community and vendors tos how up.

“Potentially if it all goes well, we’ll go all the way up until June when the actual farmers market starts up again,” she said. “This is sort of a filler in between that gives people that social outlet and gives the local community the opportunity to continue to produce goods, have a good time and learn some great things about the FRC.”

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