Shore Marketplace Keeps a Family Legacy and Local Makers Thriving in Lewes

by Lily Burbage

For more than six decades, the building that now houses Shore Marketplace has been part of a family business in Lewes.

Long before the shelves held handmade goods, coastal décor, and gifts from more than 40 vendors, the property was home to Shore Building Supply, a lumberyard Marlene and Esther Ingram’s father started in the late 1950s. Today, his daughters continue that legacy in a different form, creating a marketplace that has become a gathering place for local makers, shoppers, and families.

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Cape Gazette's Yes, We're Local program is a community initiative designed to uplift locally owned businesses and inspire residents to shop, support and stay local, creating a sustainable ecosystem where small businesses thrive, local journalism is supported and communities grow stronger.