A Feasibility Study for Urban Edge Agricultural Parks - SAGE

ConclusionThis property has great potential to be a viable urban agricultural park.Opportunities:• Martial Cottle Park offers the rare opportunity of available farmland, within amajor city’s limits, yet protected from the market value of urban land.• SCCPRD is an enthusiastic partner.• The site has been in agriculture and has some existing infrastructure that wouldmake the transition to multiple new agricultural tenants relatively smooth.Challenges:• Location in high-income urban area presents a potential challenge to farmerswho might relocate from elsewhere. One way to counter this challenge is toseek out new and immigrant farmers who may already reside in San Jose.• Overhead costs for development and management of the AgPark will drop afterthe first 5 or 6 years, but initial costs are high.DRAFT 1.6.05 41