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CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN

value added crops

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sustainability study and heirloom crops

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composting & chipping area / prep area for farmer's market

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old style coffee and farm market - open air

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A Skills lab / computer lab(portable)

B Community office and postal service staffed by residents

C Care provider community office (portable)

D Community storage (portable)

E Recycle collection /refuse

H Portable shower facility -2 units - male, female, transgender and familyunits provided as resources allow

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F Parking - public parking for adjacent open space and general site access - 7PM -8AM parking shall close to public and be accessible only to vehicle owner's experiencing short term homelessness

J Welcome Area and Bike share program -integrate into existing CABQ program

'The Modern Sharecropper'a community managed, transitional living farm

high value organic crops (typ).

(7) Pod Areas Each Pod contains:

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- 11 total living sites per pod (avg 1.6 people per site)

(6) micro homes (approx. $2600 per pre-fab unit - crowd fund

(5) tent pads (approx. $120 per unit - crowd fund

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8' X 12' MICRO HOME MONTHY RENTAL $100.00

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8' X 10' TENT PADMONTHY RENTAL $50.00(35 units x $50 = $1750)Ammenities such as solar, lights,etc., may be added as resources allow.

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$5950.00 POTENTIAL GROSS MONTHLY REVENUE: 100% of revenue to be used for camp needs including liability insurance and cost of value added crop products as well as sanitation cost

- Each pod votes as one atgeneral assembly for general camp matters

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'The Percolator'

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VALUE ADDED CROPSCrops whose main value comes from manufacturing secondary products derived from farm crops in order to sale at a higher return than the basic crop would yeild. Lavendar is a good example of this. Oils, soaps, satchets, etc., could be manufactured on site by residents and sold at the on-site market and other locale venues.

HIGH VALUE ORGANIC CROPSCrops grown under specific conditions for specific retail markets including resturants and A.P.S. The farm could partner with any number of organizations that exist to promote and sustain New Mexico's rich, small scale farm heritage.

BIKE SHARESite can accommodate a bike share program to be run independently or in conjunction with CABQ's existing program. This would allow residents a means of transport as well as providing improved access to the sites adjacent open space. City residents that otherwise do not have the means to enjoy our City's network of bike trails will now have a safe and enjoyable parking area and access to bicycles.

'THE PERCOLATOR'Resident staffed open air farm market. Revenue sources include old style, percolated coffee, farm produce and resident manufactured farm products. Market could potentially grow as relationships develop. Currently there is interest in developing a small farm distribution network that will offer employment and training to the non-housed.

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(42 units x $100 = $4200) - Ammenities such as solar, lights, etc., may be added as resources allow. Homes delivered as kit: constructed by residents.

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- The farming community presented here is part of a holistic approach designed to aid those experiencing homelessness. Those forced to exist without place. Rather than inputting the entire population of those experiencing homelessness into a system that is not designed for them, not designed to create opportunity and chance, we propose that we re-envision the process and create more space for success. The farm community is conceived as a stepping stone to more traditional living units. Residents that come into the community will be expected to work and contribute. In exchange, they will develop references and job skills within the camp. Furthermore, having a secure place for oneself and ones belongings along with an address and community references will allow people at least a fighting chance to secure employment if they are able. The Farm Community shall also serve as a training ground for those seeking long term housing, allowing individuals to move forward as their conditions allow. In essence, one could become a member of a Transitional Living Community and move from a traditional tent encampment, to The Modern Sharecropper, to a boarding house and then into permanent, long-term housing. Initial market analysis indicates that these boarding house units can be provided for around $4,000.00 per year (dual occupancy). These units are ready now and can be immediately put into use.

- We must also look at the very real nature of the relationship between the housed and non-

housed. A relationship that is clearly defined by separateness. By otherness. This relationship

must be improved if we are to have lasting impact on homelessness. We must create models

that attempt to assimilate the two populations. The concept of togetherness is at the heart of The

Modern Sharecropper. The site has been designed to include and improve existing public access

to City open space and creates a fun place where the entire community, housed and non-housed,

have opportunity to coexist. It is more than possible to create a living community that is an asset

for our city and we feel that a community similar to the Modern Sharecropper can do just that.

This is a place our City can be proud of. It is a place that people will visit and will value simply

because it is a place of ideas and forward movement and historic culture and optimism. It is

proactive and optimistic and hard charging. The Modern Sharecropper is both a Transitional

Living Community and a community-wide laboratory for sustainable and culturally significant

farming practices--in other words, the embodiment of innovation.

'The Modern Sharecropper'

- The site strategy creates 7 different 'pods' for this particular site. Each pod will maintain a

mixture of prefabricated micro homes as well as a number of tent pads. Although, each site

design will likely produce different numbers and configurations, the 'pods' should be kept fairly

small and kept to odd numbers of residents. This configuration facilitates the democratic

structure of the camp and prevents any particular pod from growing beyond manageable

proportions and aids to limit any particular issue from infecting the entire camp. The mix of micro

homes and tent pads facilitates a mentor type relationship between those residing in microhomes

and those residing within the tents as possible and as needed. Often, the best mentors are

individuals living with similar conditions. Furthermore, it offers incentive and hope for residents.

- 'The Modern Sharecropper' represents a fresh look at a national crisis. The concept

acknowledges the realities facing our current condition: a weak economy with no real long term

driver for economic growth. Our already stressed housing supply has little hope of keeping up

with demand and many, if not most, of the proposals put forward are not realistic in terms of

economic viability and are mired in antiquated thinking and failed models. It is time we implement

the Housing First model aggressively and effectively. To do that, we must look at providing units

quickly and at very low cost. Put simply, we must broaden our definition of both home & shelter

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'kick it all the way home'