The imposition of the Common Ground Music Festival on the Lansing City Market’s vendors and customers is uncompensated and barely acknowledged. More than 60 percent of on-site parking and access to the market has been overtaken by festival personnel and barricades.

As guests on the market grounds, clear signage and adequate parking for patrons would be a minimum courtesy, the least the festival could offer for inconveniencing visitors and interfering in the livelihood of sellers. Frankly, residents such as myself don’t need help finding the overpriced Miller Lite tent — we need convenient access to Alice’s sweet potato pies. Many market regulars stay away for the festival’s duration, or worse yet, take their money to chain grocers.