When the Overland Park Farmers Market opens next month for its 2025 season, it will be operating outside the Matt Ross Community Center at 8101 Marty, the same location of the market during the pandemic. That’s because the city of Overland Park has entered the construction phase of their proposed farmers market and downtown gathering space improvement plan. After years of planning and collecting ideas from the community, the Overland Park City Council approved the construction kick-off of the Clock Tower Landing project, which is expected to be complete by the summer of 2026. The biggest change will take the original covered outdoor pavilion built in 1991 and create a new indoor space for farmers market vendors and shoppers to use, in addition to adding permanent shade structures for all outdoor spaces and booths. There will be more seating for shoppers, more restrooms, continued access to parking on non-market days, and improvements and landscaping to spaces near the market, including the Clock Tower, Overland Park Drive, and Marty Street. Finally, when the new market opens, there are plans for the farmers market operations to close Marty Street on market days for improved walkability in downtown Overland Park.