Farmer's market relocates to a permanent downtown plaza
Stalls move from pavement to porch in one season.
What makes this moment unusual is not the size of the move but its shape. The curve bends in a way that resists easy analogies.
Skeptics point to the long history of premature declarations. Their caution is earned, and worth keeping close at hand.
A small group of practitioners has been arguing for this approach for years. They are doing their best not to look smug.
Whatever happens next, the baseline has moved. The old assumptions no longer describe the room they were built to describe.
Outside the room, the response has been faster, messier, and considerably more interesting.
The shift did not happen overnight. It accumulated in quiet decisions, small wins, and a handful of unglamorous fixes that no one tweeted about.
