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Council approves direct lease approach to host Slow Food marketplace at Vertical Harvest
Summary
Council directed staff to update the Vertical Harvest lease and draft a direct lease with Slow Food of the Tetons to occupy one compartment of the town-owned Vertical Harvest building. The decision followed robust public comment emphasizing food access, workforce opportunities and community partnerships.
The Town of Jackson on Feb. 17 authorized staff to update the town’s commercial lease for the Vertical Harvest building and to draft a direct lease with Slow Food of the Tetons so the nonprofit can operate its year-round online marketplace out of one compartment of the building.
Staff told the council that subleasing from Vertical Harvest to Slow Food is prohibited under the town’s preferred practice and recommended amending the Vertical Harvest lease so Slow Food would lease directly from the town and Vertical Harvest would lease the remaining five compartments. Staff proposed that Vertical Harvest continue to pay recapture payments tied to a prior grant, that Slow…
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