Sunday, October 4th

Join us this Sunday for Villebois's last market day of the season.
While shopping for your fresh produce and listening to live entertainment of "The Dixie Cups Coffee Appreciation Band" stop by The Village Waffle Baker for their famous tasting waffles!
See you at the market.

Sunday September 20th

Rock Violinist Aaron Meyer will perform solo from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Aaron has quite the local following, so get here early to watch him up close! He covers an interesting variety of rock and if you want to check out a cool version of Eleanor Rigby see his website at www.aaronmeyer.com
I hope to see all of you tomorrow!
Tracy Baker, Market Manager

Sunday September 13th

September is among us, visit the market for good food, live music, and the best produce available from the local farmer's of Wilsonville and the Willamette Valley.
Yes, we have strawberries! Visit United Farm- Chia pick's his strawberries fresh Sunday morning before the maket for you to take home and enjoy. You will find him next to the 'coffee guy's' of Cafe Fratelli. See you Sunday.

Sunday September 6th

Please stop by we will be open rain or shine! We have just updated the attending vendor list please review on the left hand side of the blog under participating vendors.
Our hours are 10am to 2pm.
Tracy Baker
Villebois Market Manager

Market appoints new manager

Tracy Baker of Wilsonville is joining Villebois Sunday Market as the new market manager. Taraneh Foster, the former manager, has had to resign for medical reasons.

Market contact information remains the same. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail us at VilleboisSundayMarket@gmail.com.

Donate Blood

FB RT Villebois Piazza Give blood at the upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drive in the Villebois Village Center on August 15th! For more information about the blood drive or to schedule your appointment, please call Jeremy Comiskey at 503.646.8888 x16 or email jeremy@costapacific.com.

The Red Cross doesn't do blood drives on Sundays, but you can do your part to help by coming on Saturday and donating blood.

Governor declares this week Farmers' Market Week

Click here to read the full story and watch the video!

City of Wilsonville wants you to stay cool

Wilsonville resident Perry Perkins shares some "stay cool" tidbits courtesy of the city.  Click here to see what the city has to offer its overheated citizens.

Wondering where some of our vendors have gone?

The Villebois Sunday Market has been fortunate enough to attract a number of high-quality vendors, and with the help of Costa Pacific and Arbor Homes, we were able to expand onto a gravel area off Villebois Drive. Unfortunately, it turns out that gravel is not wheelchair accessible, and so we have had to restructure our market map, reducing the number of available spaces to vendors.

As a market, we are committed to standing by our founding objectives:

• To provide an informal, social gathering place in an open-air setting;
• To provide a community-building event in the Villebois Village Center;
• To give the community access to a wide variety of fresh, local, in-season farm products direct from the producer; and
• To give local producers a centralized location to provide us with a wide variety of fresh, local, in-season farm products.

This means that we have had to re-evaluate some of our non-farmer vendors, so that we could make more space for farmers who sell produce. So, if you are missing a vendor who is no longer with us, please feel free to contact market management at villeboissundaymarket@gmail.com, and we will do our best to put you into contact with the vendor you miss.

We miss them, too.

The baby goats are here!

Goldenwood Farm, which sells goat milk soap at the market, recently celebrated the birth of two goats! Come to the market TODAY and this Sunday, August 9, to meet them yourself.

They might even let you milk the goats!

Market vendors participating this Sunday, June 28

GranMary's Herb Garden

Winters Farms

Red Dragon Nursery

Herr Family Farm

Family Table Farm

Cheng's Farm

GardenRipe

Hmong Farm

United Farm

Off the Beaten Path

Full of Life Farm

Unger Farm

Little Patch Farm

Lee Farms

Big B Farms

Canby Asparagus Farm

Sweetreats

The Village Waffle Baker

Humdinger Kettle Korn

J Gelati Italian Ice

The Ribslayer 

Lucy's Tropical Juice

Cafe Fratelli

White Rabbit Bakery

S&L Stir Fry

Goldenwood Soap

Paradise Alpaca Ranch

Miabell's Vegan Soaps

Illona's Beadwerk

NW Wellness Center

Sage Rural Delivery Corp (the Oregonian)

Also this week, Boy Scout Troop 194 will be selling trees donated to the troop for a fundraiser.

Shriner's Kader Klowns will be at the July 12 market!

The Shriner’s Kader Klowns are planning to be at the July 12th Villebois Sunday Farmer’s Market beginning at 10am! Two clowns Bingo and Bullseye will be there making FREE balloon sculptures for children. They will also be giving each child a FREE coloring book and crayons from the Shriner’s Hospital for Children. Their BIG red sneaker will be there for donations for the hospital’s research fund for treating burned children -(The Sneaker Fund). There may also be a special guest appearance!!

For over 75 years, The Shriner's Hospital has treated more than 700,000 children with orthopedic problems, burns, spinal cord injuries, cleft lip and palate care, up to their 18th birthday. They are in a network of 22 hospitals providing expert medical care, absolutely free of charge. We are so fortunate to have one of the Shriner's Hospitals right here in the West Hills of Portland.

Come to Wilsonville's Sunday Market where you can eat breakfast and lunch, buy fresh produce from local farms, shop for homemade goods, listen to live music and make memories with your children and the Kader Klowns. Don't forget to bring your camera!

For more information on The Shriner's Hospital and the Al Kader Klowns, please visit www.alkadershriners.org. For more information on the Villebois Sunday Market please visit www.villeboissundaymarket.com.

Blog post contributed by Kristine Bresnahan

FIVE things YOU can do in 20 MINUTES to support the Villebois Sunday Market

#1 Recruit volunteers and send them to the market manager. Successful markets have a strong, active volunteer base. If you want to keep the market at Villebois, we need YOU, and we need your friends and neighbors.

Volunteer at the market – we have morning and afternoon shifts – or take a leadership role, and help during the week with a variety of tasks. The Web site, www.VilleboisSundayMarket.com, has information under "volunteers." The sign-up sheet is at the Welcome Tent each week.

If you would like to take a leadership role, please contact Taraneh (terre-UH-neigh) Foster, the market manager, at villeboissundaymarket@gmail.com. Office hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesdays.

#2 Talk, talk, talk. The best way to increase attendance and to recruit volunteers is through cheap, good, old-fashioned word of mouth. Edelman does an annual Trust Barometer (http://www.edelman.com/trust/2009/), and "a person like me" continues to be the most trusted source of information. Didn't you know? YOU are that trusted person. We need you. So get talking!

#3 Talk online, too. Do you use e-mail? Twitter? Facebook? LinkedIn? Please add the following to your e-mail signature, both at home and at work, and then include this on your status updates in your chosen social media: “Did you know Wilsonville has a farmers' market? Watch the video at http://bit.ly/cbAAx, follow the market blog at VilleboisSundayMarket.blogspot.com, and join me Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.”

#4 Share this post with anyone you know that lives in Wilsonville or a neighboring city/town. Ask them to share it with anyone they know, too. Can't make a copy? The Villebois Village Center has extra copies of this in a hard copy, flyer format. They'll be glad to share.

#5 Plan to attend our next community meeting at 12 p.m. Sunday, June 28. What's a better time to talk about the market than during the market itself? We'll meet in the entertainment room across from the leasing office in the Miraval Building (entrance is next to the Village Waffle Baker). It'll be a great time to learn about and sign-up for some of the many volunteer opportunities at the Villebois Sunday Market.

Dreyer's Slow Churned Neighborhood Salute comes to Villebois Aug. 29

Dreyer’s Slow Churned Neighborhood Salute is a FREE ice cream party coming to Villebois this summer. Five years and 1,500 neighborhoods across the country -- and ours is next!

Thanks to the fun-thinking Villebois Events Committee Chairperson, Allison Sherman, many neighbors entered to win this free ice cream party. And, we won. Not just once, but twice! Most of these free ice cream parties feed up to 100 people, since we won twice, we get to feed up to 200 fun-loving kids this summer at Villebois.

In just a few weeks we will receive a doorstep delivery of Dreyer’s Slow Churned Light ice cream and a Party in a Box with all the necessary supplies to host a summer ice cream party for up to 200 friends and neighbors. Stay tuned for details about this upcoming event.

For more information about the Dreyer’s ice cream parties and to see past winners, go to: http://dreyers.neighborhoodsalute.com.

Now you can experience the market BEFORE Sunday!

Check out the video of the Villebois Sunday Market on YouTube!  It features both vendors and residents.

Market vendors participating this Sunday, May 31

Farms* and Nurseries: Grow It
Gran Mary's Herb Garden
Alita's Garden
R.R.J.'s Enterprise
Red Dragon Nursery
Off the Beaten Path
Brothers Peonies Inc.

Herr Family Farm
Cheng's Farm
Hmong Farm
United Farm

Farms* and Nurseries: Eat It
Winters Farms
Family Table Farm
GardenRipe
Full of Life Farm

Eat While You Shop
Ken and June's Hazelnuts (packaged to go)
Canby Asparagus Farms
The Village Waffle Baker
Humdinger Kettle Corn (packaged to go) -- back this week (for real)
J Gelati Italian Ice
Haagerson's Catering/The Rib Slayer
Lucy's Tropical Juice
Sweetreats (packaged to go)

White Rabbit Bakery (gluten free, packaged to go) -- new this week

Artisans and Crafters
Knot Traditional Woodworking
Goldenwood Soap (goat milk soaps and lotions)
Miabell's Vegan Soaps and Mineral Bath Salts
Paradise Alpaca Ranch -- moving next to the Ribslayer
Carmen's Creations
The Birdhouse Factory

Local Business
Massage Temps Northwest

Sage Rural Delivery Corp. (get your subscription to the Oregonian)

Love the Market?  Live at Villebois
Arbor at Villebois -- visit their booth at the market
Costa Pacific Homes -- visit them in the Village Center across from the market entrance

*Most of our farmers will not join us until June or July, when most Oregon produce is able to be harvested. At that time, we'll have lots of fresh vegtables, fruits...and berries!

Stay tuned: this Sunday's vendors will be announced Friday morning!

In the coming weeks, we'll have a coffee cart and a winery joining us, too!

This Sunday's entertainment: buy produce, dance the day away

Getting us started in the morning: Richie "King Juju" Bean 

Bean started playing guitar in the late '70s in his hometown of Reno, where he and his bass playing and drumming buddies Mike & Mark had a teenage band called "The Forbidden Blues Band." Richie had to learn to sing, since he was the chief songwriter. They played house parties, casino lounges, Moose lodges and anywhere else that would let them set up and play. They didn't play any actual blues, but it was an image that interested them. Instead they played original music, mostly written by Bean.  "Headlights" and "Ain't No Middle Ground" are two of Richies early songs first performed by the FBB. 

After a short stint in California in the mid '80s, he landed in Portland, Ore., where he got married, started a business, and started bands called "Hidden Agenda" and "The Legends" with singer Louanne Jolly. When they broke up, he began studying blues music, and started "The Roseland Blues Band" with Mickie Will and Vern Williams. He was a founding member of "The Hudson Rocket Band," where he stayed for more than five years, before moving on to lead "King Juju & The Beats" & "The King Juju Trio" for several years. 

Along the way he has opened for Walter Trout, Smokin' Joe Kubek, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, and jammed with or sat in with Lee Oscar, The Party Kings, Kinzel & Hyde, Jim Mesi and many others. In 2007 Richie decided to start a new band which played a larger variety of retro style music as well as originals, and the Catillacs were born!


...and in the afternoon spot: Michele van Kleef!
Michele has been singing for as long as she can remember. After piano and voice lessons, theater and musicals through high school, she went to Oregon State University and minored in Vocal Performance.

Soon after graduating, she joined the very successful, NW-based Indie band Calobo. They started out playing the NW Colleges, house parties and local bars. After everyone was done with school they decided to go full time in 1994 and toured the country for the next 6 years. They played the Wetlands in NYC, House of Blues in Chicago, The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, and the epic music festival, Bumbershoot, on the Stadium Stage in Seattle. When all was said and done, Calobo released 5 full length records, the final being recorded Live at the Crystal Ballroom in our hometown of Portland, Ore.

After Calobo, Michele joined up with LazyBones Recordings as Mackabella in Seattle. They released the self-titled album Mackabella in 2001. Many of these songs have been placed in the TV/Film Industry. Willing has had the most placements: a movie trailer for the Johnny Cash story Walk the Line, and spoof of the same film, Walk Hard, among many others. Additional recent song placements includes VH1, Fox, NBC, T-Mobile, 90210, Lifetime, MTV, South of Nowhere, and Roswell.

Michele took some time off to start a family, but is thrilled to be playing music again. She's been focusing on her own songs that are true from her heart, sometimes funny, and she is more than ready to share them.

Market Vendors Participating this Sunday, May 24

Farms* and Nurseries: Grow It
Gran Mary's Herb Garden
Alita's Garden
R.R.J.'s Enterprise
Red Dragon Nursery -- new this week
Off the Beaten Path
Brothers Peonies Inc.

Farms* and Nurseries: Eat It
Winters Farms
Family Table Farm
GardenRipe
Herr Family Farm
Cheng's Farm
Hmong Farm
United Farm
Full of Life Farm

Eat While You Shop
Ken and June's Hazelnuts (packaged to go)
Canby Asparagus Farms
The Village Waffle Baker
Humdinger Kettle Corn (packaged to go) -- back this week
J Gelati Italian Ice
Haagerson's Catering/The Rib Slayer
Lucy's Tropical Juice
Sweetreats (packaged to go)

Artisans and Crafters
Knot Traditional Woodworking -- back this week
Goldenwood Soap (goat milk soaps and lotions)
Miabell's Vegan Soaps and Mineral Bath Salts
Paradise Alpaca Ranch
Sandi Grubbs, Artist -- back this week
Carmen's Creations
The Birdhouse Factory -- new this week
Crystal Elegance -- new this week

Local Business

Massage Temps Northwest

*Most of our farmers will not join us until June or July, when most Oregon produce is able to be harvested. At that time, we'll have lots of fresh vegtables, fruits...and berries!

Help us improve the market: attend the June 9 community meeting

Please note the date change to Tuesday, June 9.

We're about a month into our first season, and market management would like to meet with community members and business leaders to discuss how things have been going thus far, what's in store, and what tweaks we can make to help spread the word (and to improve the market itself). Please join us from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, at the Miraval Building in the Villebois Village Center, located at 28900 SW Villebois Drive in Wilsonville (driving directions). On the agenda:

• The market experience (flow, seating, etc.)
• Volunteer feedback, needs, training
• Directional signage
• Feedback on vendors, product offerings, product mix
• Friend of the Market program
• Publicity and promotions (where should we focus resources?)

Are we missing an agenda item? Leave us a comment, and we can add it to the discussion!

Villebois Sunday Market featured on the COVER of the Sunday Oregonian's Home and Rentals section

Fresh from the Farm: Markets sweeten a listing's appeal
by Jan Behrs, a freelance writer for the Oregonian
Sunday, May 17, 2009

Villebois Sunday Market's Canby Asparagus Farm featured in the Oregonian

Canby Asparagus Farms' Casa de Tamales -- its downtown Milwaukie restaurant -- was featured in the Oregonian's A&E section this week as one of the four best places in the Portland Metro area to find a tamale...and you can find them each week at the Villebois Sunday Market!

So if you live in Wilsonville, and you want great tamales (there are even two varieties with asparagus in them!), deep-fried asparagus, honking huge Spanish omelets (that are out of this world...and can feed three people), empanadas, or even your more traditional tacos, burritos, chile rellenos, and enchiladas, you don't have to drive all the way out to Milwaukie! Just come down to the corner of SW Villebois Road and SW Barber Drive between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and satisfy your craving for top-notch Mexican cuisine.


Click on the story headline below to read the full article on Canby Asparagus Farm:

Fork it over! Four great tamale joints
by Camas Davis, special to the Oregonian
Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 8:17 a.m.


Did this article make you hungry? In addition to Canby Asparagus Farm, the Villebois Sunday Market also offers high-end cuisine at affordable prices:

• Villebois' own, the Village Waffle Baker, which has a variety of sweet and savory Belgian waffle sandwiches and paninis (they even have beignets!);
• Ribslayer to go, which offers Italian sausage sandwiches, pulled pork sandwiches, lamb burgers...and more;
• Lucy's Tropical Juice, which offers fresh squeezed fruit juice with fresh chunks of fruit to munch on after the juice is gone. Hot tip: the orange juice has eight -- yes, that's eight -- oranges squeezed to order (equals more than 500 mg of vitamin C); and
• J. Gelati Italian Ice, which offers several flavors of Italian ice cream (the mango is exceptionally yummy!).

We still need a few volunteers for this Sunday

If you are able to volunteer for the market this Sunday, we could use you! Please email VilleboisSundayMarket@gmail.com with the position/time you are able to fill, or please comment below this post.

Morning Shift (9:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.)
(1) Green Team
(2) Market Watch
(2) Activity Tent
(1) Parking/Traffic Control

Afternoon Shift (12 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.)
(1) Market Greeters
(1) Vendor Liaison
(1) Welcome Tent
(2) Green Team
(2) Market Watch
(2) Activity Tent
(1) Parking/Traffic Control

Missed Opening Day? Check these out!

Ritchie Bean serenades shoppers as they eat waffles from the Village Waffle Baker and sandwiches from Ribslayer to Go.

Canby Asparagus Farms serves some of the best tamales around, giving 300 away to shoppers on opening day.

Bundles of asparagus for sale at Winters Farms' booth.

Craig Haagenson (of Ribslayer to Go) presents one of his sandwiches to Suzanne Montgomery, the Villebois Sunday Market Historian (she's taking the photo).  Like Craig's lamb burgers, ribs and sausages?  He caters!  Stop by his booth on Sunday to learn more, and be sure to come Sunday, May 17, when Craig will be doing cooking demonstrations next to his BBQ!

Eileen Winters of Winters Farms helps a shopper select produce from her booth.  Did you see that photo of her asparagus (above)?  Yum!!!

 

Shoppers looking at the hanging baskets at RRJ Enterprises' booth.

(They have some killer deals!)

Villebois' own Bill and Lisa Jensen, who run the Village Waffle Baker, prepare sauces (including a deliciously tart lemon curd) to spread atop Belgian waffles for shoppers craving something both savory and sweet.  The Jensens also offer seasonal paninis, and later this season, depending on customer demand, they'll also offer crepes and beignets!  If you, like me, adore those powdery French doughnuts, please stop by their booth and tell them so.  They can't make them just for me, after all!  :-)

Shoppers look at the variety of goat milk soaps offered by Goldenwood Soap.  This Sunday, May 10, Goldenwood Soap will be bringing their goats to the market.  Moms, after you walk in the parade (at 12:30 p.m.), be sure to take the little ones over to the goats in Crafter's Alley.  It's sure to be a furry, soapy experience!

A big thank you to Suzanne Montgomery

for taking these beautiful photos!

If you would like to share the photos or videos you've taken at the market, please email them to VilleboisSundayMarket@gmail.com.  We would be happy to post them to our blog.

Villebois Sunday Market celebrates mothers this Sunday, May 10

This next market day is Mother's Day, and to celebrate, a gal in the neighborhood suggested that we have a Mother's Day Parade, so that's just what we're going to do! 

The Mother's Day Parade will begin at 12:30 p.m., will start at the end of Barber Street and will conclude at the end of Mont Blanc Street, where all our lovely crafters are.  We have invited vendors who are mothers and mothers of vendors, to participate as well, so come on down and get appreciated!

In addition to the parade, we will have a few prizes for moms this Sunday (enter at the Welcome Tent).  Wendi of Sweetreats, who is also a mom, is donating a lemon pound cake!  Can you say yum?

The final word here? We're all about moms this Sunday, and be sure to wave and clap when the parade passes your booth!

Volunteers still needed for Sunday, May 10

If you are able to volunteer for the market this Sunday, we could use you!  Please email VilleboisSundayMarket@gmail.com with the position/time you are able to fill, or please comment below this post.

Morning Shift (9:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.)

(1) Green Team

(2) Market Watch

(2) Activity Tent

(1) Parking/Traffic Control

Afternoon Shift (12 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.)

(2) Market Greeters

(1) Vendor Liaison

(2) Welcome Tent

(2) Green Team

(2) Market Watch

(2) Activity Tent

(1) Parking/Traffic Control

Villebois Sunday Market featured in OregonLive!

Villebois market gets its start this weekend

by Cathie Ericson, special to the Oregonian

Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 7:00 AM

Help us run the market

If you'd like to join in on the fun, but you don't have the time to help with market planning, we are also looking for people to help at the market itself.  Some of the opportunities available each Sunday are:

• Market greeters: welcome shoppers and measure (people) traffic
  
• Vendor liaisons: get to know the day's vendors and serve as the link between them and the on-site market manager (so they get help more quickly without detracting from customer service)
  
• Welcome Tent staff: provide shoppers with information about Villebois, the market, vendors and market partners/sponsors; provide information to potential volunteers; and keeper of the volunteer sign-in and sign-out sheet
  
• The Green Team: walks the market, helping people find trash cans and recycle bins, helps with set up and take down, and generally keeps the market clean and pollutant free
  
• Market Watch: walks the market, helping parents who've lost track of their children (it can happen) and serves as a citizen security force, alerting the on-site market managers to any individuals disrupting the overall peace.
  

Villebois Sunday Market featured in Daily Journal of Commerce

The founding of the Villebois Sunday Market and organizational meeting was written about in the DJC. Click below to read the full article.

Developer helps form Wilsonville farmers’ market
by DJC staff

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Second Community Meeting Scheduled for April 9

Wilsonville's first (and only) farmers' market, the Villebois Sunday Market, will hold its second volunteer and organizational meeting Thurs., April 9, from 5:45 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Miraval Building in the Villebois Village Center, located at 28929 SW Ravenna Loop in Wilsonville, Ore.  The meeting is an opportunity for market managers to share their plans and receive feedback and additional community support from city residents and local businesses for the May 3 opening.

For vendor or volunteer information, please contact Tara Foster, the market manager, at 503-241-3834, or email her at VilleboisSundayMarket@gmail.com.

Villebois Sunday Market featured in OregonLive!

The Villebois Sunday Market was featured in the "environmental news" section of OregonLive, the Oregonian's online outlet.  Click below to read the full article.

Farmers' market coming to Wilsonville this Spring

by Kimberly Nelson, community blogger

Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Market plans meeting for would-be vendors

by Cathie Ericson, Special to The Oregonian

Thursday, March 12, 2009, 5:00 AM

Wilsonville development will open farmers' market

by Eric Mortenson, The Oregonian

Monday, March 16, 2009, 5:00 PM

Open Call for Quality Oregon Vendors

Applications for Oregon and Washington produce, food and craft vendors are now being accepted by a new nonprofit, the Villebois Sunday Market.  The market, in the Villebois Village Center, in Wilsonville, Ore., is located at the corners of Villebois Village Drive and Barber Street and is slated to run from May 3 to October 18.  Vendor stalls start at $25/day with flexible dates and discounts available.  To receive application information, please contact villeboissundaymarket@gmail.com or call 503-241-3834.

This community nonprofit will operate on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and organizers hope to offer a variety of local entertainment, fresh seasonal produce, baked goods, arts and crafts and other Oregon farm-produced goods -- from cheese to honey to wine.  Additionally, local artisans, florists and nursery vendors are welcome to have stalls at the weekly event.

Convenient vendor loading and parking areas adjoin the market area, which is surrounded by hundreds of established single and multiple family residences in the heart of Wilsonville.

Locally owned Costa Pacific Communities, noted for its transit-friendly, award-winning communities is underwriting the costs for the Villebois Sunday Market.  The company received national attention for the planning and development of Orenco Station in Hillsboro, a 190-acre mixed-use community located along the Westside MAX light rail line.  In 1999, Orenco Station was named "Master Planned Community of the Year" by the National Association of Home Builders.  The Orenco Station Farmers Market started the same year.  The Orenco Station Sunday Market now has more than 75 vendors and operates year-round.  

For more information regarding the market and the Villebois community, please see www.villebois.com.