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Feasibility study recommends phased AgTech Innovation Center at former city facility; staff to return with operating model and funding options
Summary
City economic development staff presented a feasibility study recommending conversion of the city‑owned building at 455 North Quint Street into an AgTech Innovation Center that would combine a food hub, AgTech incubator and CPG lab.
City economic development staff presented a feasibility study for the Escondido AgX Innovation Center, a proposed adaptive reuse of the city‑owned building at 455 North Quint Street that the study team says could serve as a Southern California hub for agriculture technology, local food aggregation and CPG product development.
Jennifer Schenick, Director of Economic Development, introduced the project and its partnership with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) and The Vine Institute. "This initiative is part of the city council adopted comprehensive economic development strategy to attract and retain agriculture and ag tech companies to the city with the goal of creating more…
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