Heather Coit
Visitors to Market on the Square make their rounds passing doll clothing and plants during the opening weekend in Urbana, Ill on Saturday, May 12, 2007.
URBANA – Lisa Bralts describes herself as a Market at the Square geek. Now she's more than that – she's the person in charge.
Bralts left her job earlier this year as director of marketing and development for the Eastern Illinois Foodbank to take a position with the city of Urbana as an economic development specialist and director of the Market at the Square. It runs from May 10 to Nov. 8 this year.
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