Seaside and PG debate their own farmers markets.

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In PG, the answer to Lambert’s questions appears to be “yes.” Local activist and perennial candidate Dan Miller has applied to start a market in the city.

“Pacific Grove is no longer America’s last hometown,” Miller says. “For years, PG has sat and stagnated. The status quo is not working here and we need to try something else.”

That, he says, may be an event where locals do not have to travel to Monterey, fighting traffic, to buy local produce. Miller says there has been talk about a market for a while, but no one has wanted to risk running one.

“I will do a better job because I have lived in Pacific Grove for over 50 years,” he says. “I know the pulse of the community and what to do with a market. It will not be a carnival or Good Ol’ Days every week.”

For now, no one else has applied to manage a farmers market in Pacific Grove. On Nov. 8, the Planning Commission will consider Miller’s proposal to run a market in the parking lot between 16th and 17th streets. Miller wants the event to run on either Monday evenings or Saturday mornings; the commission will decide a location, day and time.