Like the rest of Floyd, I’ve been watching the new Floyd Community Market take shape for weeks now and stopped for the above photo after my friend Rowan (right) hollered down to me from the roof.

A downtown farmer’s market and more, built with the goal of supporting local food and commerce, the timber framed pavilion will be dedicated next Saturday at Floyd’s first annual SplitRail Eco-Fair in conjunction with 350.org’s International Day of Climate Change Action. Doug Thompson at Blue Ridge Muse has photos of the recent barn raising workday and Fragments From Floyd’s Fred First has written about the Eco-Fair and the Community Market in a post titled “Celebrating Sustainable Relationships. 

Colleen Redman blogs daily at http://looseleafnotes.com