Ely Renaissance Farmers Market

The Ely Renaissance Society was founded in 1999 by a group of individuals with the vision of an attractive downtown area which would be representative of the art and culture belonging to the diverse group of people who had built and strengthened the small community through the years. As occurs in many mining towns, cycles of “boom or bust” had left the community of Ely Nevada dreaming for a more stable economy, something more than mining alone. In its heyday Ely had been a bustling town with numerous small family owned businesses catering to the needs of the settling families to ranch, to work the mine and build the railroad. People came from everywhere, and the small town of Ely was a true example of a diverse population.