Farmer's Market tarps gone

[MarkD]

Even putting aside Merry Monarch, the HFM was a major draw year around. People of all sorts love farmers markets.

It helped bring a critical mass to Downtown Hilo and probably aided downtown's brick and mortar merchants more than it hurt them. Tourists would wander into the stores after market shopping.

The county has eroded what was arguably, by far, downtown Hilo's largest visitor attraction.