Zerns Farmers Market, Gilbertsville, calls it quits after a century

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Unless a buyer willing to pay $4.5 million can be found Zerns Farmers Market, Gilbertsville, will close at the end of September. (MONTCO.today file photo)

Zerns Farmers Market in Gilbertsville, founded almost 100 years ago, will close at the end of the month unless it can find a buyer.

Asking price is $4.5 million, writes Katie Park at philly.com.

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Located in a rural pocket of Montgomery County, the 200,000-square-foot building, tucked behind a flower store and a restaurant, is in need of repairs and has been facing a dwindling sales and customer base in recent years.

On Fridays and Saturdays — the only days the market is open — vehicles fill only a small portion of the lot.

There was a time when Zerns, which opened in 1922, was packed with vendors and customers. People turned out for the live animal auction and wrestling demonstrations, merchants sold farm-fresh produce, and young people  experienced their first dates and first jobs there.

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