Commercial Urban Farming in Fairmount Park
Roxanne Christensen
Hi everyone. It looks like the Fairmount Park Farm Business Park is opening for business. Below are some details along with a link to the Request for Information, which will supposedly be available at the end of today. If you’d like more details, please contact Marc Wilken directly. He’s been through a lot of up’s and down’s on getting support for this initiative, but he is not a quitter and a great ally to have. I’m sure he’ll be receptive to any urban farming business plan any of you have.
--Roxanne
Dear
Urban Farming Entrepreneurs,
The City of
Philadelphia is issuing a Request for Information to gather indications of
interest and experience in operating and managing sub-acre commercial,
chemical-free farming plots on a City property called Manatawna Farm, located
at 100 Spring Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19131. This initiative is intended to
foster sustainable, urban agricultural businesses in Philadelphia and further
the growth of a regional food system. Additionally this effort is meant to
support Mayor Nutter’s food initiative, Philadelphia Food Charter, which
calls for the use of City-owned spaces for urban agriculture, and Mayor
Nutter’s sustainability plan, Greenworks Philadelphia, which recommends
12 commercial agriculture projects be established in the City by 2015. Please
see the attached Letter of Intent for additional information about this
program. Applications and instructions for this Request for Information will be
posted on the following websites no later than the close of business on Monday,
April 22: http://www.phila.gov/rfp/ and http://www.fairmountpark.org.
We look forward
to hearing from you.
All the best,
Marc Wilken
Park Concessions Manager
Fairmount Park
City of Philadelphia
One Parkway, 10th Floor
1515 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
P: 215-683-0232
F: 215-683-0205
marc....@phila.gov
BG
city! Please contact me if anyone is applying. I don't have enough
experiance to start a project like this but I definatly want in :)
-Beth
On Mar 22, 4:19 pm, Roxanne Christensen
<rchristen...@infocommercegroup.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone. It looks like the Fairmount Park Farm Business Park is opening for business. Below are some details along with a link to the Request for Information, which will supposedly be available at the end of today. If you’d like more details, please contact Marc Wilken directly. He’s been through a lot of up’s and down’s on getting support for this initiative, but he is not a quitter and a great ally to have. I’m sure he’ll be receptive to any urban farming business plan any of you have.
> --Roxanne
>
> Dear Urban Farming Entrepreneurs,
>
> The City of Philadelphia is issuing a Request for Information to gather indications of interest and experience in operating and managing sub-acre commercial, chemical-free farming plots on a City property called Manatawna Farm, located at 100 Spring Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19131. This initiative is intended to foster sustainable, urban agricultural businesses in Philadelphia and further the growth of a regional food system. Additionally this effort is meant to support Mayor Nutter’s food initiative, Philadelphia Food Charter, which calls for the use of City-owned spaces for urban agriculture, and Mayor Nutter’s sustainability plan, Greenworks Philadelphia, which recommends 12 commercial agriculture projects be established in the City by 2015. Please see the attached Letter of Intent for additional information about this program. Applications and instructions for this Request for Information will be posted on the following websites no later than the close of business on Monday, April 22:http://www.phila.gov/rfp/andhttp://www.fairmountpark.org.
>
> We look forward to hearing from you.
>
> All the best,
> Marc Wilken
> Park Concessions Manager
> Fairmount Park
> City of Philadelphia
> One Parkway, 10th Floor
> 1515 Arch Street
> Philadelphia, PA 19102
> P: 215-683-0232
> F: 215-683-0205
J. Mark
experience... and some ideas... and plenty of enthusiasm... but no
start-up capital. So if anyone wants help with a project, or just
wants to get a group together and hash one out, please let me know as
well!
BG
I'm meeting up with someone from this group on Friday at 2pm at
Sabrina's. If you can make it, it would be great to meet-up and see
what we can do :)
Beth
On Mar 23, 6:04 pm, "J. Mark" <jmarkteb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd also love to work with some folks on this. I have a bit of
> experience... and some ideas... and plenty of enthusiasm... but no
> start-up capital. So if anyone wants help with a project, or just
> wants to get a group together and hash one out, please let me know as
> well!
>
brand...@gmail.com
I'm definitely intersted in taking a closer look at this. My fiance
and I did a sub-acre plot and sold at area markets this past year for
the first time. It went pretty well! We'd definitely be in to
expanding a bit. If you guys don't mind, I'd love to be involved with
your Friday meet-up. Let me know if you that's okay!
--Brandon
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BG
Right now we about 5 people meeting tomorrow. We'll take some notes
and post them here for you and everyone to see!
Beth
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> For the record I am interested too! I wont be available to meet on Friday
> but I am watching the back and forth on this topic with great interest! If
> you take this offline I would love to be included in future discussion!
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