A permanent home for Barren County farmers to sell their product is nearly complete, with work on the upcoming Glasgow farmers market expected to wrap up by the end of January.

Jim McGowan, engineer and Glasgow Public Works head, told the Daily News that the building will provide the first permanent home for the farmers market.

Farmers currently set up around the square in downtown Glasgow to sell their products. Other times, they operate at a United States Department of Agriculture office outside of town.

“(It) just fills the void in the community,” McGowan said. “That’s something that we need here in Glasgow.”

Design work on the nearly $800,000 market started in April 2024 and it is being built in downtown between Glasgow’s post office and the upcoming Barren County Judicial Center.

Once finished the structure will measure 40 feet wide by 90 feet long, with two 10 foot-wide aisles running down both sides of the building. McGowan said the project was initially conceived as an eight month project “about ten months ago.”

“They’ve been really making a lot of progress the last eight weeks on it,” he said.

The inside of the main building will feature 3,600 square feet of space for vendors to sell their goods. Just over 1,100 square feet of additional market space will sit under a covered porch area.

McGowan stated in a follow up email that storm drainage and site grading are both “95% complete,” with only final grading left.

An asphalt base has been installed in the parking area and the steel structure of the building is complete.

Insulation will be installed and finishing touches will be put on the interior over the next month. While the goal is to have the building finished soon, McGowan stated, possible weather delays may push completion to mid-February.

McGowan said farmers are “ecstatic” to have a permanent spot to market their goods.

“They can’t wait for it to open, to have a have a permanent place,” he said. “Right now, they don’t know from one week to the next where they’re going to have it — the city square or at USDA … farmers always let us know that they do better the closer they are to downtown.”