Activities for kids added to weekly market

A weekly market at North Dam Park will now include activities for kids, a feature added by the sponsoring Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Wednesday evening markets, running from 4 to 7 p.m., will feature a new activity each week will be sponsored by local businesses. Tonight at 6 p.m., kids get to “slip and slide” and enjoy water balloons in an appropriately cool activity, sponsored by the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center.

That plan seemed popular on the chamber’s Facebook page.

Upcoming activities include a bubble station, making s’mores, making your own slime, making tie-dye T-shirts, a story hour and more.

All kids activities will be free.

“We’d love to see the buyers from the community grow,” noted chamber Executive Director Peggy Nevsimal.

The market also includes a produce vendor from East Wenatchee this year, another feature the chamber hopes will increase buying traffic.