“First they initiated their industry privately with their feedbarn facility on Cincinnati-Dayton Road and then, through relocation of that facility, they took that concept and they were the authors of the West Chester Farmers’ Market presented by First Financial Bank,” he said.
Because of life circumstances, Linda Rosselot will no longer be able to be the manager of the township’s market, Boyko said.
Jim Rosselot died in June 2012.
To show trustees appreciation for the Rosselots, the township’s multimedia and marketing department created a photo collage of the market to present to Rosselot.
Trustee Catherine Stoker said the township owes a lot to the Rosselots.
“Outside of downtown Cincinnati, I think it’s the most visited in our area with a wonderful collection of not just local farmers’ produce, but also breads and preserves and soaps and any number of lovely handmade articles that really enrich I think anybody’s life who comes down (to visit the market),” Stoker said. “It’s been a wonderful amenity for the township.”
Trustee George Lang said market has strong roots in West Chester.
“It actually started before the township starting hosting it in 2008 and it took place at Jim and Linda Rosselot’s property, The Feed Barn,” Lang said. “They had an unorganized farmers’ market, if you will, for years before we asked them … ‘Let’s do something on a bigger scale.’”
When the Rosselots first started running the market for the township, the amount of people lining up for it rapidly went from dozens, to scores of people and eventually to hundreds, he said.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if over a thousand people regularly attended each and every Saturday,” Lang said.”It was under their leadership that they took this thing and made it what it is today, which is I think one of the best if not the best farmer’s market in all of southwest Ohio.”
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