This area has many assets key to the development of the Des Moines Agrimergent Technology Park. These assets encompass excellent highway, rail and air transportation corridors, a nexus of agribusinesses and support services, proximity to university and job training facilities and other resources.

There is excellent growth potential to capitalize on this area’s competitive agribusiness advantages by redeveloping select infrastructure-rich sites. There are approximately 1,100 acres of underutilized land in southeast Des Moines with dense infrastructure that can accommodate agribusiness and related uses. The Agrimergent Technology Park will be created to achieve three primary objectives—build the property tax base, increase the use of existing dense infrastructure, and enhance the community’s long-term quality of life.