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Middlebrook Agrihood is nestled in the quiet community of Cumming, just south of the Des Moines Metro. It offers the best of both worlds—convenient access to the amenities of a larger city while preserving the small-town charm and rural beauty of Iowa. At the heart of Middlebrook is a two-acre town garden, where you’ll find fresh eggs, you-pick flowers, and a rotating selection of organic produce—from melons and tomatoes to sweet corn and pumpkins—available at a self-service Farm Stand. In the summer months, the Farm comes alive with Fridays at the Farm, a weekly event featuring live music, food trucks, farmers market vendors, games, and more. Walkability is a core value of the community. Residents are just a short stroll away from Middlebrook Mercantile, Main Street, the Great Western Bike Trail, and several local parks.

Instead of development pushing agriculture further away from population centers, agrihoods enable development to preserve land for farming and gardening where people live. With an emphasis on health, food, educational opportunities, and access to nature where families grow and children play, Middlebrook champions this movement by creating an agrihood that honors the agricultural legacy of the Iowa region. Architecturally, the homes are inspired by the rural agricultural vernacular of the region. By celebrating individual homes with detail and textures, they enable a blend of modern, transitional, and traditional styles to coexist side by side. Front porches and pitched rooftops offer a common baseline character, and strategies to minimize the dominance of the garage door help reinforce the pedestrian-oriented nature of the streetscape.