After six years of inactivity, the $66 million empty lot behind Pembroke Pines City Hall will finally secure its first tenants.

City Center, the highly-touted dream downtown district wedged inside the heart of the super-suburb, is turning a deeper shade of green thanks to the Back to Nature Farmer’s Market.

Roughly 100 vendors will hock fresh produce, veggies, plants and natural products amid the polished road medians and two-story clock tower.

The farmer’s market runs three consecutive weekends beginning Sept. 26 through Oct. 10, as an effort to promote health and wellness throughout the city, said Francie Novo, Pines’ special events coordinator.

The afternoon-long fruit, veggie and natural products bonanza runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 26, Oct. 3 and Oct. 10 at City Center, 10100 Pines Blvd. For more information, call 954-435-6525, or visit www.ppines.com.

To download a Farmer's Market flyer, right-click here and save. (PDF)

For more on this, read the Sept. 22 edition of the Pembroke Pines Gazette.