River Park reverses Asian vendor ban after Fresno backlash

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - River Park is reversing people following backlash from Fresno’s Asian community over the removal of Asian nutrient vendors from its farmers market.

River Park released a associated statement with Fresno Street Eats and the California Fresh Farmers Market Association announcing the reinstatement of respective vendors, "including those offering a assortment of Asian cuisine."

River Park besides addressed the archetypal prohibition of Asian nutrient vendors, stating successful part: "the reassessment of the participants astatine the marketplace should person been handled amended and communicated differently, with greater sensitivity for long-standing marketplace participants. We profoundly regret the wounded that others person genuinely expressed."

According to River Park, organizers volition make a process responsive to concerns going forward.

"We sincerely apologize for these connection missteps," officials wrote successful the statement.

However, River Park says immoderate vendors whitethorn stay excluded arsenic portion of what it calls "a agelong overdue process" for evaluating each participants.

According to River Park, this is the adjacent measurement successful "a genuinely collaborative process" betwixt organizations showcasing tiny mobile businesses and River Park’s brick-and-mortar tenants.

"We are committed to creating a abstraction that reflects the afloat richness of our multi-cultural communities," the connection ended.