The Broad Street Market in Harrisburg
Harrisburg’s Broad Street Market has a new day-to-day leader, as Tanis Monroy has been named the executive director, according to sources.
On Sunday, market board Chair John J. Sygielski posted news of the hire to his personal Facebook page, which included a picture of him and Monroy in the market. The selection was confirmed by several other market sources, who said that Monroy officially started in the job last week.
“As the chair of the Market board, it was my pleasure to on-board him this weekend,” Sygielski wrote on his Facebook page. “Please visit this city landmark and say hello to Tanis and patron[ize] many of our 40 vendors, many who are HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, alumni.”
Sygielski is also the president of HACC. Sygielski and Monroy could not be reached immediately for comment.
Monroy is a long-time Carlisle resident and community activist. He’s served as chair of the Amani Festival, a multicultural festival, in Carlisle. According to the Carlisle Sentinel, Monroy and his wife Colleen opened the Bridge, a community space in downtown Carlisle, in June.
As executive director, Monroy will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the historic farmers market in Midtown Harrisburg, a wide-ranging job that includes everything from vendor recruitment to staff supervision to customer interaction to financial matters and more.
The market’s leadership post has been vacant for most of this year following the departure of Josh Heilman, who served in the position for nearly three years. The market has had numerous executive directors, a job formerly known as the market manager, over the past decade.
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