Agriculture co-op village approved in rural Arlington

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

ARLINGTON — Frost sparkled in the afternoon sunshine as Dave Boehnlein’s boots crunched through grass fields behind his mobile home in rural Arlington.

Boehnlein and his wife, Yuko Miki, own 240 acres of farmland just off 228th Street Northeast. But soon the couple will share the land with dozens more people.

The couple is a part of Rooted Northwest, an agricultural cooperative. At the beginning of December, Snohomish County Council approved the Rooted Northwest agrivillage preliminary plat, allowing the couple to start their dream project of creating a farm-focused neighborhood in rural Arlington

Rooted Northwest worked with Snohomish County Council to pass a new code — the Rural Village Housing Demonstration Program — which allows higher-density home construction in rural areas to occur for the next six years.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/agriculture-co-op-village-approved-in-rural-arlington/

[Kali]

1. these kinds of experimental land use ideas are interesting

my fear is how many people can actually hack the life. see WAY too many dreamy-eyed pilgrims start out strong but fade away and sell out within a year or three. ag is WORK and cooperating with other people is not 'Merikan. I do wish somebody would hit on a good formula even if just for a specific area.