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Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee

Town of Holly Springs · Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee
Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 7:00 pm

Advisory board meeting Parks and recreationAppointments and personnelBonds and debt

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What's on this agenda

The Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee's October meeting centers on an update from the town's new Farmers Market coordinator, along with the usual round of staff and council reports. The committee is also set to pick a member to represent it on the Tree Advisory Committee, a seat left open at its September meeting.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

Farmers market manager Erali Miller gave the committee a full picture of the market and where she wants to take it. Sixty-five vendors are active, weighted toward condiments and honey at 15, then produce, protein, baked goods and snacks at six or seven each. Attendance stands at 45,687 for the year to date, with a lot of repeat custom. Shoppers spent $1,249 in SNAP benefits, matched with $974, and the market has sent 2,925 pounds of produce worth $4,544 to Produce to Pantry.

Her plans are a revision of vendor policies and contracts, more protein and produce, and a 501(c)(3) with a Friends of the Market group to open up funding and support new vendors. She also floated a Moonlight Market from five to nine in the evening, with artisans, prepared food and food trucks, and events such as film nights and trivia on the lawn. Autumn events run from costume parades in October through a Battle of the Badges chili cook-off, a children's market with 40 booths, and a Thanksgiving giveaway.

Seven of nine members attended and nobody spoke at public comment.

How the votes went

One vote: approval of the September minutes, moved by Melinda Walker and seconded by Jodi Carey, unanimous.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

The minutes record no public comment.

Read from the records the government published after the meeting. Members of the public are private residents and are not named or indexed.

Speaking at this meeting

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Agenda items (4)

Minutes approval · 1Discussion item · 1Staff or committee report · 1Appointment · 1
  1. 2.a Approval of September 2025 meeting minutes
    Minutes approval
    The committee will approve minutes from its September meeting.
  2. 4.a Farmers Market update
    Discussion item Parks and recreation
    Farmers Market Coordinator Erali Miller will update the committee on the market program.
  3. 6 Staff and council reports
    Staff or committee report Bonds and debtParks and recreation
    Members will hear a council update, a Tree Advisory Committee report, project updates and the director's report.
  4. 7.a Selection of Tree Advisory Committee representatives
    Appointment Appointments and personnel
    The committee will select its representatives to the Tree Advisory Committee.

Agenda changes

What moved between published versions of this agenda. Item numbers shift constantly as things are inserted, so only genuine additions and removals are listed.

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