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Johnson’s Produce Market Still Serving the Central City
In the heart of the city,
Nebraska Avenue at Pulaski, stands a sight not common in
inner-city neighborhoods anymore – a produce market –
Johnson’s Produce Market.
In a building constructed
about eight years ago, David Johnson and his staff sell
fresh produce to individuals and to a number of retailers.
Some of those products are grown in the fields adjacent to
the market.
Johnson, who constructed
the building about eight years ago, has been doing business
on that corner since 1988, at first under a gazebo. He
started brining in produce to the area in a pickup truck –
loads of watermelons imported from Georgia that he would
sell to places such as Monnette’s and would retail himself
at stalls in the Farmer’s Market and on the inner-city
corner.
Eventually he brought in
goods from Indiana then those that were locally grown. How
important is such a market to the neighborhood?
There is nothing like it
for miles around with such regular hours.
Johnson’s Market is open
from April through December, Monday through Saturday from 10
a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Sundays from noon to 6 p.m.
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