The San Jose Unified School District has scheduled a construction project on the campus soon after the school year ends on June 15. The school parking lot at Minnesota and Lincoln avenues will be torn up.

"We're more than willing to accommodate them and give them some space on campus during construction," district spokeswoman Karen Fuqua said. "It might be a little more cramped."

SuEllen Sterling and Melanie Defe, who run the farmers market, say they want to continue accommodating the same number of vendors.

"We'd like to be able to offer as much variety as possible, and parking is key," Sterling said. "I don't see how it would be feasible for us to stay there. I understand that the whole parking lot will be torn up so the district can run underground wires through the playground."

Organizers are looking to the community for suggestions on where to move the farmers market, which has been a Saturday morning staple in downtown Willow Glen since 1997. The market opened as scheduled on April 2 and normally runs through November.

While Sterling says she'd like the farmers market to stay in or near the downtown core, she also says she's open to changing the day it's held.

"Some people ask us why we don't have it on Sunday," Sterling said. "We're looking at this as an opportunity to offer people what they want.

"We want to maintain the market," Sterling added. "The farmers really want to keep coming, and we have very loyal customers who want to see the market continue."

To get a better idea about preferences, customers will be asked to fill out questionnaires in the coming weeks, outlining what they like about the farmers market and what they'd like to see changed.

Loyalty aside, Sterling says she's concerned that some customers won't follow the farmers market to another location.

"There's always some fallout," she said. "We'll try our best to let everyone know about our new location. Hopefully, we'll attract new people."

Tom Broz, who has been a vendor at the Willow Glen Farmers Market since it first opened, shares Sterling's concern about losing customers to the move.

He says many go to the market because it's in walking distance of their homes. "It's a real community location," Broz said.

To offer suggestions on where to move the Willow Glen Farmers Market, call South Bay Farmers Markets at 408.353.4293.