ASTORIA SUNDAY MARKET DONATES OVER $20,000 IN 2012

The Astoria Sunday Market board presented a $10,000 check to Astoria Downtown Historic District Association this past Friday with $7500 for the Building Blocks business development program headed up by Michele Reeves and $2,500 for the RARE program providing a full-time staff member for the association.  Board President Mitch Mitchum gave the check to ADHDA President Dulcye Taylor at its monthly membership meeting.  “The Market board believes that a strong downtown association is a great investment toward revitalizing downtown and we are especially pleased with the progress they have made these past few years,” noted Mitchum.
  Other recipients of funding from the Sunday Market during 2012 included $2,000 for Liberty Theater Restoration, $2,000 for the Performing Arts Center through the Clatsop Community College Foundation, and $5,000 to the City of Astoria to complete the downtown Street Scape project.  The Market also provided the Astoria Police Department with a defibrillator.  Astoria Visual Arts and Astoria Music Festival each received $500.  Since its inception Astoria Sunday Market has reinvested over $164,000 to downtown projects and organizations.