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Community market plan moves forward
Greater Leys community market co-organiser Christine McDermott
ORGANISERS pushing for a community market on an Oxford estate say a weekly event could be up and running by this autumn.
A meeting will be held on Wednesday to get more volunteers on board and start working on the finer details for the Greater Leys event.
Co-organiser Christine McDermott said: “Just a year ago this was an idea that was floating around and being discussed.
“But now we have local organisations and residents on board, we are hoping to get more local people involved to look at developing it further.”
The idea to buy and sell homegrown food on the estate was first suggested by resident Leah Owens last year.
It was taken on by Seeds for Change, an organisation providing support and training to local community groups.
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