While Morrisville Builds Its Downtown, Indian Creek Trailhead Is Filling In
October 15, 2026
October 15, 2026
Morrisville's planned downtown is a construction site of foundations, a closed Foxglove Drive and a temporary library lot. Down the street at 101 Town Hall Drive, the downtown's daily work is already happening. Indian Creek Trailhead Park hosts the Western Wake Farmers Market on Saturdays year-round, and on December 4 it hosts the Christmas Tree Lighting. For now, the trailhead is acting as the town square.
The trailhead is part of the Town Center district itself, and it's the one piece of the district already in daily use.
Most people picture the Town Center as the apartments rising around the library and the green going in near Town Hall. The district is bigger than that. The Line reported in January 2026 that the finished 25-acre district will include a historic church, a historic house, the existing dog park, the library and the Indian Creek Trailhead and Park. The News & Observer described the boundaries as Town Hall Drive, Jeremiah Street, Church Street and land next to First Baptist Church and Fire Station No. 1.
The town council's predecessors, the Morrisville Board of Commissioners, adopted the town center idea in 2007. The project broke ground in September 2025. Moving the farmers market made the trailhead's role concrete. The market's old home, the Healthy Food Hub at 280 Town Hall Drive, sits on the lot where the Town Green is now being built. On Saturday, April 5, 2025, the market moved to 101 Town Hall Drive and said the trailhead would be its home for at least three years.
The market's Visit page is plain about why. The Hub "was ground zero for Phase 1," so the market will stay at the trailhead for the length of construction. After Phase 1 is finished, it becomes part of the new Town Center park. The market will move twice, but it never leaves the district.
The temporary site has things the old Hub lot didn't. The market lists direct greenway access, an enclosed playground, covered seating and climate-controlled bathrooms. The Education Garden also moved to the park and sits next to the Indian Creek Greenway pond.
The market runs year-round on Saturdays. Fall hours, April through November, are 8 a.m. to noon. Winter hours, December through March, are 9:30 a.m. to noon. The vendor list for October 10, 2026, included Fickle Creek Farm, Gabor Farms, Hasena Farms, Redbud Organic Farm and Zephyr Family Farm.
From now through mid-December, the market's events calendar has something planned almost every week:
| Date | What's happening at 101 Town Hall Drive | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Sat., Oct. 31 | WWFM Costume Party with vendor trick-or-treating | 8 a.m. to noon |
| Sat., Nov. 7 | Sweet Potato Day, with samples of three varieties | 8 a.m. to noon |
| Sat., Nov. 7 onward | Pumpkin drop-off for the animals at Coleman Girls Farm and Fickle Creek Farm | Market hours |
| Sat., Nov. 21 | Thanksgiving Food Drive for Dorcas Ministries | 8 a.m. to noon |
| Sat., Nov. 21 | Garlic, onion and shallot planting class at the Education Garden | 10 to 11 a.m. |
| Sat., Nov. 28 | No market for Thanksgiving | Closed |
| Sat., Dec. 5 | Winter market begins | 9:30 a.m. to noon |
| Sat., Dec. 12 | Holiday Food Drive and Winter Wonderland Craft Fair | 9:30 a.m. to noon |
Two of these dates depend on this park in particular. The farms only take pumpkins that are unpainted and wax-free, and the drop-off zone is on the lawn near the Education Garden. The November 21 planting class is held in that garden. It starts with 30 minutes of instruction, followed by supervised hands-on practice. Registration is required, and children under 13 must come with a registered adult.
The park's own lot is small. During market hours, those spaces go first to patrons with limited mobility and to market needs such as trailer vendors, food trucks and musicians. Before opening and after closing, vendors use the whole lot for setup and breakdown. The market points drivers to overflow parking across the street:
Most of the construction around the park is on the library side of the district. As of the town's Closings and Delays page, last updated October 9, 2026, foundation work is starting on the buildings at the Town Green site. Foxglove Drive is closed between Jeremiah Street and Carolina Street. Rolling lane closures along Carolina Street are moving toward Church Street as crews rebuild the road and add sidewalks. Library visitors should use the temporary lot reached from Carolina Street through Church Street and should not park on Jeremiah Street. The town's September 2026 update says all traffic to the Town Campus now goes behind Fire Station One, which is both a staff work area and a public entrance.
If you walk, sidewalk sections on Town Hall Drive between Treybrooke Drive and Old Corner Drive are closed with marked detours. The town says it is adding signs, rectangular rapid flashing beacons and other safety measures in stages. The market also suggests the Morrisville Smart Shuttle. Its library stop, node #6, is a six-minute walk of about 0.3 miles from the market.
The Christmas Tree Lighting shows how the trailhead is changing the town's calendar. The 2025 lighting was held on Saturday, December 6, from 3 to 6 p.m. at Indian Creek Greenway and Trailhead, with the tree lit at 5:45. The town's listing for 2026 moves it to Friday, December 4, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the same trailhead.
Parking is the part to plan ahead for. General parking is off-site at Cedar Fork Community Center, with a shuttle running to the trailhead for the whole event. Accessible parking is at Town Hall. The town's listing describes carols, prayers, fellowship and entertainment leading up to the lighting.
The trailhead hosted more than holiday events last year. The town's Spring 2025 newsletter put Music in the Park concerts there, including a Juneteenth concert, along with SpringFest on May 17.
The town's largest-crowd events go elsewhere. In 2025, Red, White & BOOM! on July 3 was held at Cedar Fork District Park, and S'Morrisville was at Morrisville Community Park. This fall's Diwali Festival is on Saturday, October 17, from 5 to 8 p.m., and the town lists it at a "new location," Morrisville Community Park. Parking is at Morrisville Elementary, 1519 Morrisville Parkway, with police helping people cross to the park. The town also suggests walking in on the greenway. In 2023, WRAL listed the festival at Cedar Fork District Park. The town hasn't said why the venue changed. Boo Bash is also at Morrisville Community Park, on Thursday, October 29, from 6 to 8 p.m.
The Green is designed for the kind of gatherings the trailhead is hosting now, with more room and more to do. According to the News & Observer's groundbreaking coverage, it will have a lawn for 2,500 people, a stage, an educational garden, restrooms, public art, a water feature and eight cottage retail spaces. The Line added more detail. The cottages will be in four buildings with two 1,250-square-foot spaces each, facing the Green. The plans also include a play area, a spot for the Western Wake Farmers Market and a social district where people can carry a drink while watching a performance. Singh Development will manage the retail. Next to the library, Singh's apartment building comes with an enclosed parking deck that adds 100 spaces for Town Center use.
No cottage tenants have been announced. Town Manager Brandon Zuidema told The Line he hopes for a bike shop, since the site connects to an eight-mile greenway network. He named a bakery or a brewery as other possibilities. Speaking to the News & Observer, he described the goal as "boutique, unique," adding, "with all due respect to the cell phone companies and mattress stores, we're not looking for a Verizon store."
The timing is a range. The Line reported in January 2026 that the first phase was expected to open in 2027. A March 2026 town capital projects report put Phase 1A completion at "2027/2028." The September 2026 update reports ongoing foundation and infrastructure work and gives no new date. Until then, the farmers market stays at 101 Town Hall Drive, just down the street from the Green it plans to move into.
Zuidema called Town Center probably the most significant project the town has taken on in 25 years. If you own a home near Town Hall Drive and want to know how the construction and the coming Green figure into your home's value, Bespoke Realty Group can walk you through it. Request a Bespoke Home Valuation, and we'll give you a clear, local read on where your home stands today.
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