A Look at Weaver Street Market as a Third Space

To the community, Weaver Street Market is more than a grocery store, it’s Carrboro’s unofficial front porch. On any afternoon, the patio outside fills with students, families and longtime residents. Some eat lunch under the broad oak trees, while others read, talk, listen or play.

Weaver Street Market has served Carrboro for decades, growing from a small grocery and food cooperative into a third place for community members to gather and connect.

Over the years, Weaver Street Market remains steady, familiar and unmistakably local. Its lawn holds decades of memories from first dates to barefoot children running in the grass and study sessions that turn into unexpected conversations.

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