A - Z Facilities

Guest House
We may develop a Guest House of motel style rooms for residents who require temporary or more permanent assistance and for short stay visitors. This area might also contain a small carer’s apartment so that any resident or guest in need can be well looked after. Guests may be family or friends privately visiting residents who may visit or stay in private homes or in our Guest House.
Visitors may come on ‘open days’, visiting to attend a workshop or to purchase goods or services. They may be WWOOFers (Willing workers on Organic Farms), generally young people who work 20 hours per week in exchange for full board – they would have the option to work in the Community Garden, with the Eco-friendly technologies or for residents who may wish to utilise their services.


Activities We may offer a “Club Med” style timetable of optional activities. We can thereby choose to participate (or not) without having to organise our social encounters way in advance.
Business Centre Our Business Centre could be fully equipped with all the necessary technology in order to enable and encourage residents’ enterprises. In this way residents could pool resources for a variety of business ventures, for example a mail order business, internet marketing, consulting, eco/health experience workshops, retreats, childcare or holiday programs, gardening, maintenance work, farming and craft enterprises, catering, furniture making, to name just a few.
Guest House We may develop a Guest House of motel style rooms for residents who require temporary or more permanent assistance and for short stay visitors. This area might also contain a small carer’s apartment so that any resident or guest in need can be well looked after. Guests may be family or friends privately visiting residents who may visit or stay in private homes or in our Guest House. Visitors may come on ‘open days’, visiting to attend a workshop or to purchase goods or services. They may be WWOOFers (Willing workers on Organic Farms), generally young people who work 20 hours per week in exchange for full board – they would have the option to work in the Community Garden, with the Eco-friendly technologies or for residents who may wish to utilise their services.
Homes We may build simple, stylish, healthy and earth-friendly homes with reduced energy bills within environmentally friendly and ‘overall aesthetic’ guidelines. We may choose to work from home and/or take advantage of a communal Business Centre. We might consider around 80-100 dwellings, which may be owner/resident, owner/non-resident, renter/resident and part owner/resident. We might have a mix of residential options, for example, a two-storey apartment block, two single storey attached townhouses and detached dwelling clusters of 5-6 homes in various configurations.
	Infrastructure Among many points, here we may consider: o Aspects that will encourage a sense of community o Energy plan o Innovative technology o Ecologically sustainable guidelines o Waste water o Water use o Roads o Solar energy, grid-interactive, renewable energy o Sewerage effluent reuse with sub-surface irrigation o Buildings of earth friendly materials

Production and Maintenance Zones There are many evolving possibilities, including: o Organic community gardens o Composting o Worm farms o WWOOF (Willing workers on organic farms) o Community garden and nursery o Tool shed including HireCentre o Animal husbandry; chickens, horse stables o Arts and Crafts
	Village Hall This venue may be for the use of residents and friends, who may wish to hire the hall for weddings, parties, balls, discos, theatre nights, kids’ activities, yoga, movies or whatever may arise.