Columbia Agriculture Park
The Columbia Agriculture Park is a public park in Columbia, Missouri, focusing on food production and distribution.[1] It is home to the Columbia Farmers Market, and contains a pavilion with space for 98 vendors.[2][3] The park opened in 2019 and by 2021 will include an interactive urban farm, demonstration gardens and orchards, a commercial kitchen, event space, a recreational trail, amphitheater, outdoor classroom, and playground.[4][5][6] It will also house the offices of the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture and a resource center.[7][8] The park was created by a public-private partnership between Columbia Parks and Recreation, the Columbia Farmers Market, the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture, and Sustainable Farms and Communities.[9][10] It is the first of its kind in Missouri.[11]
History
[edit]The site has a long agricultural history, for most of the 20th century it was the location of the Boone County Fair.[12] Ground was broken in 2017 and the park opened in July 2019.[13][14][15][16]
References
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- ^ Vaughn, Jessica (July 2, 2019). "Columbia Farmers Market Hosts Grand Opening at the New MU Health Agriculture Park on July 6". Feast Magazine. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
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- ^ Finnerty, Katharine (July 6, 2019). "Farmers market moves into renovated space". Columbia Missourian. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ^ Miers, Lauren (March 20, 2019). "Columbia Farmers Market Introduces Cooking Series Featuring Local Chefs". Feast Magazine. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ^ Miers, Lauren (June 28, 2019). "With Its New Facility, the Columbia Farmers Market Features Expanded Hours, Chef Demos and More". Feast Magazine. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ^ Garlich, Julia (June 24, 2019). "'A long time coming': Agriculture Park sets date for grand opening". Columbia Missourian. Archived from the original on June 28, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ^ Serrin, Greta (February 14, 2019). "Winter Weather Causes Columbia's Agriculture Park to Delay Grand Opening". KBIA. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
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- ^ Patston, Matthew (August 29, 2017). "Clary-Shy Agriculture Park: Accessible Ag for All". Columbia Business Times. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ^ Gerling, Oliva (July 6, 2019). "Columbia to host grand opening of agriculture park". KMIZ. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ^ Higgins-Dunn, Noah (November 17, 2017). "Columbia set to break ground on first phase of agriculture park". Missouri Business Alert. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ Nuñez, Gabriella (November 18, 2017). "Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture celebrates groundbreaking of Agriculture Park". KRCG. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ^ Cho, Allison (April 5, 2018). "Build This Town transforms Clary-Shy Park into new agriculture park". Vox Magazine. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.