Community-based neighbourhoods provide solutions for many of contemporary society’s challenges:

• Nurturing Community:  Humans thrive when in close physical and emotional proximity to others.  When it comes to quality of life and good health, relationships are paramount.  Our neighbourhood will create intangible social connections among us as well as empowered interdependence.
• Increasing Environmental Sensitivity:  Energy costs are reduced with environmentally friendly structures, shared resources and a sustainable approach.
• Enhancing Life:  Shared activities such as food preparation, child care and household maintenance will give us a more secure and relaxed life.  Sharing delights of conversation, meals, and milestones will also contribute to reducing stress and increasing joy.

• You will participate in the design of your living space, as well as the physical design of the site.  The goal is to strike a good balance between privacy and community, independence and social connection.
• Our community will be filled with pedestrian pathways and clustered around green space.  We will have between 20 and 35 homes, an ideal size for a community-based neighbourhood.
• Neighbours commit to relationships among one another, therefore, most community-based neighbourhoods use some form of consent as the basis for group decision-making.  We have been using the Sociocracy model for governance.
• Our shared Common House spaces will provide many opportunities for spontaneous meetings between people, as well as deliberate gatherings.  There will be great places for hanging out, eating together, celebrating, entertaining and holding club and business meetings.
• We will generally share optional group meals in the Common House industrial kitchen several times a week.  Much of the “business” and fun of our community will take place during these meals.
• We will choose to work together to care for the common property, thus building cooperation, trust, and support.