On October 20, the City of College Park announced that starting in April 2027, the Hollywood Farmers Market moves to Duvall Field while a new community center is built at the Hollywood Shopping Center. Once construction is finished, it returns to the shopping center. So the three Saturdays left in this season are the last market days on the familiar lot next to MOM's Organic Market for a while. When the market comes back, the shopping center will have a new building on it.
For north College Park, Rhode Island Avenue's Saturday gathering will spend the next two seasons a short way down the road, at a park that was finished only this summer. Meanwhile the shopping center lot gets a building that has been in the works for years.
Three Saturdays left on the lot
The 2026 season runs every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 9803 Rhode Island Avenue, and the last market day is November 21. From the day this post goes up, that leaves November 7, November 14 and November 21. Live music runs the full four hours each week.
The City's season announcement lists 19 vendors, many of them back from last year:
- Produce and farm goods: McCleafs Orchard, Blue Berwyn Farm, Waltz Family Farm, Ad Astra Farms, Silver Mapleyard Farm, Sheree Harvest
- Seafood, spirits and pantry: Two Oceans Seafoods, Shmidt Spirits, Honey Glow, Sugar Plug
- Coffee and hot food: Alcoba Coffee, Pupuseria & Taqueria El Solecito, Thai Amity Kitchen
- Makers: Door By Door Wreaths, Practical Botanicals, Hilary Katherine Beall Studio Art, Artemiya Local Jewelry, Moonlight Studios, A Little Pottery
A wreath maker on the list makes the late-November Saturdays a natural time to pick up something for the front door before the season ends. No winter market or special closing event has been announced for 2026, so November 21 is the last scheduled date until the spring opening at Duvall Field.
Food benefits work the same as always. According to the City, SNAP, WIC and other food-benefit users can get "free dollars" at the market. On the market's own site, SNAP customers swipe an EBT card at the Maryland Market Money booth and get tokens to spend with eligible vendors. Neither source says how the match is calculated, so the booth is the place to ask.
What is going up at 9801 Rhode Island Avenue
The building forcing the move is the North College Park Community Center. Prince George's Parks describes it on its project page as a proposed recreation facility at 9801 Rhode Island Avenue. It grew out of the North College Park Feasibility Study, which found a need for more recreation space, wellness programming and flexible gathering areas for residents of all ages. That study's report named Hollywood Plaza, at Rhode Island Avenue and Muskogee Street, as a finalist site.
The City's FY2027 budget answers describe a building of about 13,000 square feet. Possible features include a gymnasium, aerobic and weightlifting rooms, multipurpose rooms, basketball and racquet-sport courts, childcare, a snack bar or cafeteria, a dance studio, and parking. All of that comes from conceptual planning, not a final design.
The County is leading the project. M-NCPPC's procurement portal lists Gilbane Building Company as the selected design-build firm. Here is the schedule the County has posted:
| Phase | County's posted timing |
|---|---|
| RFP issued | Fall 2025 |
| Design-build team selected | Spring 2026 |
| Design and permitting | Fall 2026 to Spring 2027 |
| Construction begins | Spring 2027 |
| Final completion | Fall 2028 |
The County notes under the table that timing may change. If the dates hold, construction starts the same spring the market reopens at Duvall Field, and completion comes in fall 2028, near the end of that year's market season. That puts the market at the park for most or all of two seasons.
The City budget materials put the total project budget at $23,926,379, with the City contributing $1.5 million. The last $250,000 installment is in FY2027. So the City's share is roughly 6 percent of the cost, and the County is paying for most of the building.
The design isn't settled yet. In its spring 2026 update, M-NCPPC said the building layout and site design would be refined with community input once the design-builder was chosen. At the North College Park Community Association's May 14 meeting, members heard that community engagement was planned for the summer, followed by permitting in the fall and construction in spring 2027. If you have questions about the layout, parking or the site plan, the County lists [email protected] as the project contact.
Duvall Field, the market's home starting in April
The market's temporary home was itself a long-term project. Duvall Field opened in the 1960s and has been renovated several times. A 2017 round added a concession stand, bathrooms and a plaza area. As Streetcar Suburbs News reported in July, the latest renovation broke ground in March 2025 and wrapped up this summer, "after more than 20 years of planning." The paper gives the park's address as 9119 Rhode Island Avenue. In the same story, Mayor Fazlul Kabir described the project's scale:
"This is a major, major project, both in terms of the amenities we have put in, and also the money and the investment we are putting in."
The final phase cost $7.95 million and was paid for by the City and state programs that fund park and playground construction. The new community center's total budget is about three times that, which shows how much public building is concentrated along this one stretch of Rhode Island Avenue.
Here is what's at Duvall Field now, according to Streetcar Suburbs and the City's July newsletter:
- Pickleball, bocce and basketball courts
- A baseball field and a soccer field
- Outdoor exercise equipment
- A bandstand
- The concession stand, bathrooms and plaza from the 2017 renovation
The City scheduled Duvall Field Day, with a ribbon cutting, games and live music, for July 31. Next season's market days will have a plaza, permanent restrooms, a bandstand and courts close by. The City hasn't said yet where on the grounds the stalls will go. Its notice says to watch for signs and announcements closer to opening day and to check hollywoodmarket.org for updates.
Before the market closes for the year
North College Park has another public gathering on the calendar between now and the final market day. On Wednesday, November 11, at 11 a.m., the City and its Veterans Memorial Committee will hold a Veterans Day observance at the College Park Veterans Memorial at Route 1 and Greenbelt Road. The featured speaker is Command Sergeant Major William D. "Bud" McLeroy. The City lists parking at Lucky Strike, 9021 Baltimore Avenue.
Three days later, on Saturday, November 14, the City's Department of Youth & Family Services holds Sunshine Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It's for girls 12 and older and a special woman in their lives, and registration closes November 10. That morning overlaps with the second-to-last market Saturday.
A little further down Route 1, The Diamondback reports that Black Lion Café plans to open at Union on Knox in early December, after permitting delays pushed it back from spring. The café is scheduled to open after the market's last Saturday on November 21.
We live and work in this part of the county and are following the community center as the County posts updates, including how construction might change the Hollywood Shopping Center day to day. If you live nearby and want to talk through what the project means for your street or your home, Katie Bocock and our team are always glad to hear from you. Contact Us.
