PSECU officials present Harrisburg and Broad Street Market officials with a check to support the market. (From left) Megan Giles, market assistant, Tanis Monroy, market executive director, Barb Bowker, PSECU chief of member experience, Mayor Wanda Williams and Kristin Paradise, central region director for the Pennsylvania Governor’s office.
Harrisburg’s Broad Street Market has received some financial assistance to help it bounce back after tragedy.
On Thursday, PSECU presented market and city officials with a $10,000 check to help with rebuilding efforts after the market’s brick building was heavily damaged by fire in July.
“This is really important to PSECU to give back to the community,” said Barb Bowker, chief of member experience for PSECU. “Our roots are really deep here in the Harrisburg community.”
The funds will go towards not only rebuilding, but also towards equipment for vendors who will set up in a temporary structure the city plans to construct.
“I’m sure the market vendors are really excited that we have $10,000 more dollars coming into the coffers,” Mayor Wanda Williams said.
City officials have shared their plans to build a tent-like structure, with flooring, plumbing and electricity, in the grassy lot across from the market at N. 3rd and Verbeke streets. This week, City Council approved those plans.
According to Matt Maisel, communications director for Harrisburg, the city hopes to have the temporary location set up and ready to go by Labor Day weekend. When the space will officially open, depends on when vendors are ready, he said.
Maisel said that the city has selected a company to rent the structure from and that construction will likely take around two to three weeks.
So far, a majority of the vendors displaced from the brick building have said they plan to set up in the temporary structure, Maisel said.
For more information about the Broad Street Market, visit their website.
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