Partnerships

Building Grand Junction’s Downtown Agrihood

Growing a Downtown Agrihood Lowell Village Townhomes in Grand Junction, Colorado Community gardens, a greenhouse, and an edible landscape design are central to the healthy living vision of Lowell Village, which is reclaiming an historic downtown school building and...

Local Food Security at a New Home Community

by Stephen Antupit

A Seattle-based non-profit housing developer retained MetroAG Strategies to complement the work of its design and development team as they create and sell two dozen affordable, net-zero energy cottage homes set to displace a community garden.

To Annex or Not?

by Kathryn Gardow

Should we buy the property or not? A client was considering a large developable land purchase inside an urban growth boundary and outside a City’s boundary. To undergo annexation into a city is a time consuming, expensive process that requires many technical, policy, and political decisions.

Sites and Concepts for an Inclusive Neighborhood

by Stephen Antupit

MetroAG Strategies was hired to assist a non-profit development client to find and assess sites to build a diverse, intergenerational intentional community.

Farmland Conservation— PCC Farmland Trust

by Kathryn Gardow

As Executive Director of the nation’s only organic farmland land trust, Kathryn Gardow conserved the 100-acre Orting Valley Farm, developed a model conservation easement tool, and created a stewardship program.

Urban Agriculture + Regional Food Programs

by Stephen Antupit

Broad-based interest, political will, and urgency intersected around supporting and growing the local food and farming economy. Kathryn Gardow and Stephen Antupit worked with King Conservation District (KCD) leadership (and key partners) to position the special-purpose agency and its set of new, strategic initiatives for success.

Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance

by Stephen Antupit

Stephen Antupit is an active Director on the Board of Seattle’s Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance, the pre-eminent non-profit committed to supporting and strengthening Washington’s small family farm businesses by creating and operating vibrant, successful neighborhood farmers markets.

Farmland Preservation— WSRCO Board

by Kathryn Gardow

Serving as a member of the Farmland Preservation Board, Kathryn Gardow is responsible for recommending capital grant funding for farmland preservation to the Washington Legislature.

Snoqualmie Ridge— A Master Planned Community

by Stephen Antupit

Kathryn Gardow provided the expertise necessary to facilitate the approvals for this 1,300 acre project located in Snoqualmie, Washington.

Washington Public Works Board

by Kathryn Gardow

Hailed nationally as a model of innovation, Washington’s Public Works Board has invested more than $2 Billion statewide through a self-sustaining mechanism to fund infrastructure. As a gubernatorial appointee and Vice Chair, Kathryn Gardow P.E., represented the general public to fund basic, vital infrastructure projects in jurisdictions across the State of Washington.