Local Farmstand Closing

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Chicago's Downtown Farmstand, a city retail project across the street from The Chicago Cultural Center will be closing June 27. At just four years old, this special venture spearheaded by the Department of the Cultural Affairs is rumored to be having funding trouble and will not relocate. [Chicagoist]