Cumming Farmers Market will make a big move this fall
News August 26, 2022
CUMMING, Ga. – A long-time City of Cumming tradition will begin a new chapter this fall at the City Center. The Cumming Farmers Market, established in 1978, for many years has offered a summer
market in the Cumming Fairgrounds Parking Lot #3. After the final day of the summer market on Sept. 28, the market will be permanently relocating to the Cumming City Center, where it will now be open year-round.
“We’re so excited to be partnering with the City of Cumming to move the market to our new home at the City Center where we can now provide a year-round market to our community,” said Randy
Gazaway, the market manager. Currently, the Cumming Farmers Market season runs from the first of June through the end of September on Wednesday and Saturday mornings from 6:30 to 11 a.m. (or until vendors sell out).
The City Center Farmers Market will pick up immediately where the Fairgrounds market leaves off,
opening for the fall season on Saturday, Oct. 1. The market’s new schedule at the City Center will be:
October to May – 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturdays only and June to September – 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturdays and Wednesdays
“Our Farmers Market has been a part of the Cumming and Forsyth County community for more than four decades and we have a very loyal customer base, but our vendors are happy to hopefully reach
even more people through the new year-round market at the City Center,” Gazaway said.
“The 
Cumming Farmers Market is here to support our entire community with the freshest and tastiest
products available, so we couldn’t be happier to now be able to provide those high-quality items all year
long.”
The Cumming Famers Market features products that are all grown or produced locally in Forsyth and nearby counties. Gazaway said many of the summer market’s vendors have signed on to continue with
the market this fall. Among the vendors and some of their products coming to the City Center Market:
Gazaway Farms – beef and pork cuts, sausage, eggs and produce
Chunky Chipmonk – jams and jellies
Annoor Tech, LLC. – raw honey infused with ginger
Karen Robertson – succulents
Hetty Stuff – fiber arts, knitted and crocheted items such as socks, hats, shawls, and baby items
Momma’s Macrame – dream catchers, key chains, earrings, wall hangings, bracelets, water
bottle holders, plant hangers, etc.
Samples Farm – produce, eggs, breads and boiled peanuts
Binge Worthy Treats – truffles, cookies, pastries, mini pies, etc.
Drew Bees Apiary – raw honey, pollen, wax and logo clothing
New Leaf Microgreens – assorted wild and cultivated mushrooms
Campfire Mobile Coffee – coffee, lattes, teas and hot chocolate
“Our vendors can’t wait to bring their foods and other products to the City Center Farmers Market this fall,” Gazaway said. “We are overjoyed to see all our loyal customers, as well as lots of new faces, at the Cumming City Center!”
For more information about the Cumming Farmers Market, or to inquire about becoming a vendor, contact Randy Gazaway at [email protected].
City leaders present city logo designs; Announce brick-a-brick program
Press Release June 29, 2020
CUMMING, Ga. – City of Cumming leaders are pleased to present the official logo designs of the Cumming City Center, as well as a community Buy-A-Brick Program, which will allow the public to purchase personalized bricks that will be incorporated into two prominent areas of the City Center.
City Center Background
The Cumming City Center is the vision of Mayor Troy Brumbalow, who heavily promoted the idea of creating the Center during his 2017 mayoral campaign in order to bring back some of the small-town charm that had been lost in downtown Cumming over the years while establishing a new community gathering place. He immediately went to work to make the project a reality after he was sworn into office in January of 2018.
Ground was broken on the project in August of 2019, and since then crews have been conducting site work in anticipation of vertical construction, which will begin later this summer. The Cumming City Center is expected to open to the public in fall of 2021.
Situated on 75 acres located between Canton Highway (Hwy. 20) and Sawnee Drive, west of downtown Cumming and behind Forsyth Central High School, the Cumming City Center development will offer a “main-street Americana” feel. Features will include approximately 117,000 square feet of retail space, a new Cumming Police and Municipal Court building, an amphitheater adjacent to a small lake, two water fountains, ample greenspace including several “pocket parks,” a miniature golf course, and an extensive trail and boardwalk system meandering above the Kelly Mill Branch stream, its tributaries and wetlands. Across Canton Highway, another 10 acres will also be donated to the City for development of additional walking trails.
Logo Creation
In creation of the City Center’s main logo, city officials and staff wanted a design that would capture the main-street Americana feel of the development while also incorporating modern elements for a classic yet unique and bold look.
“Working with graphic designers from Beeferman Design, our city team went through a fairly lengthy design process,” said Mayor Brumbalow. “The designers took our team’s initial design thoughts and ideas, and from there they created about a dozen different looks for us to review over the course of several weeks before making the final decision.
“I think we landed on a logo design that conveys all the feelings that we wanted to express, not only in just the logo, but with the Cumming City Center itself. It harkens back to a simpler time, but also just looks really sharp and cool.”
“The logo is going to fit in beautifully with the entire aesthetic of the City Center,” added Jennifer Archer, City Center Property Manager. “I think it’s something that our community can be proud of and that visitors to the City Center will remember.”
The official logo will be featured prominently throughout the City Center in areas such as the main entrance, the amphitheater, on some building exteriors as wall murals, and in all formal communications mediums such as letterhead, envelopes and staff business cards.
City staff also adopted a less formal “merchandise logo” which can be used in future creation of promotional items such as t-shirts and mugs after the Center has opened. The merchandise logo is encapsulated inside a hexagon shape. It features a representation of Sawnee Mountain and utilizes a more modern font style than the official logo.