Tuesday September 3rd, 2013 – 10am

Posted Sep 3, 2013 11:30:32 AM.

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10:00am– Rick Pedersen, Fire Chief in the Township of Woolwich, Re: The latest on the fire that destroyed the St. Jacob’s Farmers Market.
https://www.570news.com/2013/09/03/damage-from-farmers-market-fire-now-at-2-million/

10:15am– Marcus Shantz, President of Mercedes Corp., Re: The owners of the St. Jacob’s Farmers Market are already making plans to comeback.

10:30am– Larry Witzel, Owner of the Ontario Livestock Exchange, Re: The fire didn’t do any damage to the Ontario Livestock Exchange building, but is it business as usual?

1045: Jessica Shott, Waterloo Region resident, Re: Jessica created the Facebook page “Hope for St. Jacobs Farmers Market”, in just over 24 hours it’s received more than 11,000 likes.
https://www.facebook.com/hopeforstjacobsfarmersmarket?fref=ts

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