The New Market

The new market, a couple of blocks west of the plaza, is pretty nice.  It has a couple of pretty good restaurants upstairs, and the accommodations are nicer than the old market.  They are also a lot more expensive to rent!  The market took YEARS to finish  -- sort of a WPA project for Corozal -- and a lot of people have observed that the Town Board could have completely renovated the old market for a lot less money, and retained the handy proximity it had to the fish wharf.  

But there was money to be made  (by someone) -- construction, and the sale of the land occupied by the old market!!  Yet another possible reason why the old Town Board was not re-elected.  At any rate, here below are a couple of pictures of the new market.  The parking is certainly better, and on Fridays, vendors set up tents in the parking lot.  That doesn't help the parking, but it sure makes the new market exciting.  

The awnings allow for expansion, shade from the morning sun, and protection from a sudden squall. 

Below, the hall runs the full length of the building.  The vendors put a lot of stuff there, and it's very cozy for shoppers! 

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Want more pictures?  The Progresso Heights website has a bunch of unlabeled pictures here.  New.  Funny!   We had a discussion on LocalGringos about Progresso Heights about pictures, and the PG marketers have recently added hundreds of pictures -- still all unlabeled.  For a better presentation, look here.

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