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Improvements on the way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679c5ab62499af30093befa8/1753223942496-Z2HVQYRC8JP300FR3JWR/IMG_6081.jpg Blog - Notes From The Field: Visiting Hawley Hamlet One of the homes built in partnership with the community land trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679c5ab62499af30093befa8/1753223944841-EA873W9U5FP0Q8GSBURF/IMG_6083.jpg Blog - Notes From The Field: Visiting Hawley Hamlet A greenhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679c5ab62499af30093befa8/1753223945454-0BEKMP1GEFH38Q25KJSK/IMG_6085.jpg Blog - Notes From The Field: Visiting Hawley Hamlet A good look at the stone border wall which protects gardens from trash trucks and a good look at some of the solar panels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679c5ab62499af30093befa8/1753223947592-9EJ9JDBOHGWPDUCJVPRI/IMG_6090.jpg Blog - Notes From The Field: Visiting Hawley Hamlet A confluence at the “T” shaped alleyway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679c5ab62499af30093befa8/1753223949457-DO12C1RZJHYI2QNR2SER/IMG_6088.jpg Blog - Notes From The Field: Visiting Hawley Hamlet More gardens https://www.benningtonagrihood.org/blog/notes-from-the-field-visiting-dancing-rabbit-ecovillage monthly 0.5 2025-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679c5ab62499af30093befa8/122476f3-cd41-42c3-a135-dc95ba57cf03/IMG_0086.jpg Blog - Notes From The Field: Visiting Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679c5ab62499af30093befa8/67ddfe5f-9f44-4228-8d80-1690a806e238/milkweed-mercantile-eco.jpg Blog - Notes From The Field: Visiting Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage - Make it stand out Image of Milkweed Mercantile bed and breakfast. 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CSA = Community Supported Agriculture which is like a weekly subscription box to fresh produce grown at a local farm. This ensures farm profitability while reducing food miles, removing complexity and creating engagement with the local food system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679c5ab62499af30093befa8/1740240519124-W1JLFNHU0FGFOTTIHSYH/Screenshot+2025-02-22+095554.png Blog - An Early Look At Some Interesting Ideas To Come Out Of Our Participatory Design Process - Sweat Equity Home Affordability Program A community as I've been describing will no doubt be expensive. We can combat affordability in many ways but the one way that could drive a sense of belonging the most would be creating a sweat equity program to allow low-moderate income residents to get their hands dirty by not only participating the construction of their own home but potentially even in some of the other aspects of construction of their particular pocket neighborhood. Now, imagine if these houses were affordable and eco friendly hyperadobe homes utilizing onsite dirt. Yes, H4H is one of the organizations we want to partner with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679c5ab62499af30093befa8/1740240529873-MQESGX1XR9MJ0KYF1VMW/Screenshot+2025-02-22+095621.png Blog - An Early Look At Some Interesting Ideas To Come Out Of Our Participatory Design Process - Shared Parking Structures To reduce impervious surfaces - water runoff issues and the amount of space dedicated to the automobile, we can have a shared parking garage for each pocket neighborhood or two, replacing individual garages. We can take a page from the book of one of the agrihoods on the bleeding edge, The Farm at Okefenokee, and have shared parking structures stocked with alternative forms of transportation such as golf carts, bikes, etc to reduce CO2 emissions within the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/679c5ab62499af30093befa8/1740240540932-K0PIWJJFMMM4HMXU95ZN/Screenshot+2025-02-22+095652.png Blog - An Early Look At Some Interesting Ideas To Come Out Of Our Participatory Design Process - Arboretum Designation The requirements to be certified as a Level 1 Arboretum are quite low. You only need 25 different types of trees/woody plants with ID placards and a few other easy-to-do requirements. 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