Seems to be “prepping the field” for Walmart to come into town. Put up some licensing roadblocks for yard sales and back of the truck produce sales.

Walmart will of course have no problems meeting the licensing and access/parking requirements after a series of special private meetings where they discuss special private matters.

To Powhatan Resident—-You are so so so wrong about 2 things….1) The fee to set up is not 20.00…it is 10.00 and 2) the money does not go to and has nothing to do with the gentleman at Red Barn.  The Gentleman in the store leases the propoerty and has nothing to do with the field that people hold their yardsales on.  It’s all in the article.  This is why everyone gets in an uproar…because facts are not stated.

The owner of the Red Barn, Mr. Gandhi, does not get paid for the bulk of the people that come there.  His property is only a small area from the electric pole to his store and most park on the car wash side.  The largest area belongs to the former owner of the Red Barn. The cost is $10 per day.  When I would go there to sell, I was not happy with the condition of the area since the grass was almost always high, and there were rocks and holes in the general area but it was convenient to get more customers.  Mr Gandhi at least kept his grass cut so we would park there when we could get there early enough.  Signs were placed beside Route 60 to stop parking there and the pulling in and out of traffic ended with that.  I would expect Mr. Daniel to know this fact since it is so important to him.  The people that go here to sell live here in the county.  They are not there to make a million because it is not possible.  In these tough economic times, I think they deserve the right to go there and try to make a little money.  It is to me a public service since many people that have yard sales at their homes, don’t remove their signs, leaving them to look bad and eventually fall down and become litter.  At least here, you can go and visit more than one and save a lot of time and gas.  For me, it is a Saturday ritual that I enjoy.  As for the fairgrounds, I checked into that myself.  It sounds like a good idea as long as the cost isn’t so high that it discourages people from wanting to come.  I doubt anyone would have a problem with that, none did that I asked.  First hand knowledge shows that you can’t make a ton of money at the Red Barn, though sometimes you might do quite well.  Most of the sellers that I have met, are just trying to help out their finances a little bit by selling their used or unwanted items.  Getting a license and being limited to how many sales you can have or just seems silly to me.  It seems all I hear is how everyone wants the county to stay the same, but lo and behold, here come some of the bigger county rules.  I hope that this can be resolved by just moving the location and that it does not become just another bitter pill for us to swallow.

The reason this is happening at Red Barn is because our Board of Supervisors found it appropriate to pass a zoning ordinance that lets vendors camp on the side of the road with a temporary permit as long as the property owners give them permission. This ordinance was pushed through and not one single supervisor questioned the Red Barn situation with the massive flea market developing on the side of the road. This is problematic of a board who is more concerned about the “in crowd” and furthering their own self serving agenda. I suggest the county get off of some money and help these people successfully move across the street to the Fairgrounds. The dude at Red Barn will be miffed because those guys pay him $20 a day (each) to sell there. Offer them an incentive to go over to the Fairgrounds. The Fair a non-profit organization and the Powhatan County Fair is the official endorsed fair of Powhatan as per the board of supervisors. This isn’t about who is wrangling the political system in Powhatan, it’s about all these people who have been overlooked and now pushed out because what the county allowed to go unchecked. Now we have an obligation to take care of these people, ask the Fairgrounds to take them into a safe area and the county to help them. If the county does not step up and take accountability for this one, you’ll be able to see what each and every supervisor is made of.

You know i think Pamela is right the fair grounds would be a good spot and not only that more venders can get involved. The only reason the red barn would be upset is maybe he will loose alot of buisness from it but maybe not

I did not properly attribute the quote to Eldridge Cleaver.  I was raised differently I suppose, concerning name-calling.  Online manners refers to not typing in all caps, but I guess maybe you are intentionally shouting, you sound angry.  Why not channel that productively?I suggested the fairgrounds, what is your suggestion?  Peace out.

The only reason the county is act like this is because they will fined some way to make moore money off this bull. Maybe they just want to put in another 1.1 million dollar side walk somewhere!

People get hit over and over at the Bell Rd. intersection and yet nothing is done about it, so why are we worried about the possibility of some one getting hit at the flea market, it has not happened yet that I am aware of.
So why fix it until the problem exists, and in the case of Bell rd why fix it at all.

The flea market next to the Red Barn is a big liability risk, and in my opinion it is poor judgment on the part of the owner of the property to allow that flea market to operate.  I have not studied the situation carefully enough to know whether the County can or should do anything about it, but as a matter of common sense, I think the owner of the property is using poor judgment.

If you’re not part of the solution, then you’re part of the problem…..know who said that? And the reason they said it?

To call someone stupid is not bad manners. How about silly? Better? I have a right to say what I want but you don’t like it? Well telling me I have bad manners is just as bad as me saying stupid. It’s acceptable to vent only under your rules? I don’t think so.