Neighbors are concerned about traffic and preservation of openspace atthe Paul Ecke Ranch and say the proposed facility doesn'tfit the area.But landowner Paul Ecke III says the research parkwill allow the company tocontinue farming in the rapidlyindustrializing community.

The agriculture and biotech park is planned on 10 acres of thenearly100-acre site off Saxony Road. But well over 100 people angryabout theplanning commission's approval of the project came to thecity councilchambers to complain earlier this week.

The agricultural research park could be crucial for San DiegoCounty's$30 million flower industry. New growing techniques willhelp fight offcompetition from Asia and Latin America, supporterssay.

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