A downtown Lafayette icon is shutting its doors. The Independent reports that Jefferson Street Market will close in a few weeks. Owners Rob and Catherine Robison opened the market 13 years ago, and it immediately became a retail anchor and a symbol of renewal for downtown Lafayette. Vendors who lease space in the market as well as employees were notified earlier this week of the decision. Rob Robison told The Independent the market will stay open probably no longer than the end of March. “My feeling really is that we’ve been holding out for a long time for more development — better things to come — and I don’t have to close it, but I just don’t really see anything on the horizon in the foreseeable future,” Robison told the newspaper. “It’s a retail business, and we’ve been doing it for 13 years, and I really kind of want to go out on top if we’ve got to go out.” To read the full story, click here.
Jefferson Street Market shutting its doors
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