FeedLot finale

AZLE — For one last time this year, vendors brought their wares down to the FeedLot food truck park in Azle. This event marks the last for the venue’s first inaugural season.

Along with being a community Christmas celebration, it was also used to drum up support for a cause close to the community’s heart. Local nonprofit Notes to Recovery raised $2,000 for Azle police officer Jason Castro with a kids’ art corner, cake walk and raffle table. Castro has become the subject of much community support following a February cancer diagnosis.

“Officer Castro is one of our best officers in the city and when he heard that he was in need we wanted to do something and time just afforded us to be able to do it today in conjunction with the community Christmas,” Notes to Recovery founder Terressa Nordstrom said. “So, it was really nice.”

Vendor Breanna Anglin of Anglin Creations was glad to be a part of the effort supporting Castro and one of the season’s last vendors. Anglin and her family were just one of many in North Texas who have begun to count on the Azle Farmers Market to share their passions and make money doing it.

The FeedLot, located at 225 Church St., first opened for business March 29. It was the culmination of at least one year’s worth of planning and work put forward by city council members and city employees. Less than two months after opening, the site began to host regular farmers markets in a partnership with nonprofit Community Link Mission. With the hiring of a new coordinator, the scope of the FeedLot has only continued growing. In the fall, the venue began to hold watch parties for Azle football games, night markets, animal shelter adoption events and more. With cold weather swiftly approaching, The FeedLot is scheduled to go on hiatus until March, with a tentative possibility for additional special events in January or February.

“I think last year was successful, especially for the first year, and we've learned a lot,” Special Events Coordinator Amanda Scott said. “We're going to tweak some stuff, and I hope the community is looking forward to it, because I know we are.”