Save Eastern Market

Mayor Fenty toured the nearly-completed East Hall today, and announced that merchants should be open for business on August 25th, just over three weeks from now! It looks like the city will open the East Hall to the merchants starting August 18th, and has spent around $2.6 million to get the building constructed and equipped. Other bits of info that came out of the press conference: the CHCF has raised around $400,000 to date to help the displaced merchants, Home Depot donated a $2,000 gift card to each merchant to spend on replacement supplies, and the Fenty administration intends to reuse the temporary structure elsewhere in the city once the South Hall reconstruction is complete.