Q&A
Discussion on available space and cost for urban agriculture initiatives
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Council Member Sandy Nurse and Qiana Mickie discuss the challenges of finding affordable space for urban agriculture initiatives, particularly in industrial areas.
- Nurse emphasizes the need for affordable space for scaled production and value-added operations
- The discussion touches on the challenges of high rent costs for city-owned land
- Mickie acknowledges the need for partners who are trained in urban agriculture and can scale their operations
- The conversation highlights the importance of identifying suitable land and creating opportunities for businesses
Sandy Nurse
0:48:52
Yeah.
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And Models.
0:48:54
So two parts of that.
0:48:55
1, I think, yes, there are mission oriented groups that wanna do that work, and there's also businesses that know already they got some stuff going.
0:49:03
We've seen some success stories in the city.
0:49:05
Yes.
0:49:06
And those those are two different approaches to work, but there's still the question of, available space and and the cost of it.
0:49:15
And where where EDC specifically has indoor industrial space, that could lend itself towards, being a part of jump starting that and and saturating.
0:49:26
Like, let's, like, saturate food production in addition to what we're doing.
0:49:30
So I guess I'm just wondering if if to your knowledge, if you don't have it today, that's fine, if anything that you all have identified in the inventory, is in in some of these warehouse spaces.
Qiana Mickie
0:49:45
Well, as you mentioned, this has been the work of EDC.
0:49:49
So since they're not here, I would, rather get their detailed information in addition to any of the additional research we're able to find from the office Okay.
0:49:57
In order to answer that question best, but happy to continue to follow-up.
