Leader outdoor market kicks off season with eight vendors
By Joan Janzen
LEADER – The sun was shining for Leader's first outdoor market of the season, which took place Thursday afternoon, June 25th. There were eight vendors stationed at Sandhills Credit Union Marketplace. Everything from baking, crafts, candles, paintings, clothing, produce, decorative rocks, plants, metal art, and woodwork was available.
Kids were lining up to join the library's summer reading club, and families could borrow a free regional park pass. Alan Hudec provided musical entertainment while everyone shopped and visited with friends. Meanwhile, the children were having fun feeding the goldfish tucked away in a pond in the Millennial Gardens.
Visitors gather at a shaded picnic table in the Millennial Gardens during Leader's first outdoor market of the season at Sandhills Credit Union Marketplace.
A local artist displays her paintings at the Leader outdoor market.
Alan Hudec performs for shoppers at the Sandhills Credit Union Marketplace during Leader's first outdoor market of the season Thursday, June 25, 2025.
Children crowd the edge of a garden pond to watch the goldfish.
Two young boys explore the rockscape beside the garden pond at the Millennial Gardens during Leader's first outdoor market of the season.