The idea of agriburbia is to bring agriculture back to suburban life. Mathew “Quint” Redmond is the founder of this movement and owner of Golden-based real estate design company The TSR Group. He and his wife both grew up on farms and the idea came as gas prices started to increase. While there’s a lot of talk about denser housing as a means of limiting impacts, Redmond believes that the suburban model with intensive local agriculture will let us live more lightly on the land, while reaping financial and culinary benefits. The plan for profit involves using the produce for both sustenance and to sell to local restaurants.

The agriburbia concept is now trademarked, and Redmond is busy developing a 994-unit development in Milliken, Colorado on a 618-acre site, with several other projects in development. The Milliken project is called Platte River Village, and it plans to keep 50 percent of the tilled land in production with much of that devoted to grapes with the idea of producing wine.

Of interest to geospatial professionals, the TSR Group provides GIS support for a number of clients, including Denver Water, Elbert County, Colo. and Salt Lake City. They have developed a concept called the Geographic Design Library to manage all elements of their projects.

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