(Screen capture from the Heritage Corner project narrative)

The concept master plan incorporates the family's original home with new structures such as a bakery, brewery/restaurant and event hall.

(Screen capture from Queen Creek town council packet)

Heritage Corner is planned for 11 acres of an existing property.

When the town of Queen Creek updated its zoning code in 2015, it allowed for a new type of zoning: agritainment

Agritainment is a catch-all word meant to describe activity related to farming, but with an educational or entertainment slant.

Think Schnepf Farms or the Queen Creek Olive Mill. 

The Town Council recently approved the first development zoned under the new code earlier this month.

The Sossaman family wants to transform the farm’s original homestead into place where people could go to eat and drink, hold special events and learn about how wheat becomes flour, pizza and even tortillas.

“I think the town recognized we have some really unique uses and activities with the Sossaman Farm,” said Brett Burningham, Queen Creek planning administrator. The Planned Area Development the town approved paves the way for the project to begin.

“We wanted to try and create an environment where it could remain and evolve over time,” Burningham said.

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The project, dubbed Heritage Corner, will be located at the intersection of Sossaman and Ocotillo roads.

The project narrative presented to the Town Council describes an 11-acre project with a pasta-making area, restaurant, bakery, gardens, coffee house and local brewery.

Educational tours would be available to the public and school groups and the site would host corporate and family gatherings. 

The Sossaman family declined to comment on the project.