Title/Name/Summary
Stellwagen Family Farm RFP Selection
History
QUICKFACTS
Project
Stellwagen Family Farm RFP Selection - 2015-0311
Purpose
The purpose of the Stellwagen Family Farm Master Plan RFP was to find a consultant that could provide direction via a market feasibility study to ensure successful recreational and educational programming.
Project Attributes
Address: 17801 S. 108th Avenue
Existing Zoning: OL Open Lands District
SELECTION PROCESS
The Village and the Stellwagen Family Farm Foundation issued a Request for Proposals for the Stellwagen Family Farm Master Plan in February 2015. The RFP set the project budget for $10,000, which is budgeted for FY2015. The RFP specifically requested the following goals, objectives and deliverables:
PROJECT GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
Goal
--Provide a high quality, fiscally sound and successful agricultural management and educational program for the Farm.
Objectives
--Increase opportunities for residents to learn about farming practice and community history.
--Build support for the farm within the business community.
--Structure the Project to contribute positively to a new municipal agricultural program and benefit the Village from an open space and transportation network perspective.
ANTICIPATED DELIVERABLES
The Master Plan and Curator’s Program for the Stellwagen Farm will include the following deliverables:
Marketing & Outreach
--Identify programs of activities that work for municipally operated farms and can be successfully implemented to earn revenue for the Farm’s educational and community programming.
--Conduct a market analysis and demonstrate market feasibility for identified programs and activities.
--Develop a marketing strategy for the proposed activities and programs.
--Craft a strategy for corporate and local sponsorship.
Operations & Budget
--Develop an operating budget to manage the agricultural and curatorial aspects of the Farm’s educational and community programming.
--Include a fiv...
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