We plan to do the following on the proposed acrerage...
Utilizing our own wells, irrigation, and farming equipment, we will plant, grow, raise, and trade our own food, medicines, and forestry products in an environmentally responsible network. Small section will be utilized as a petting zoo and horse rehabilation area.
HOUSING FOR THE HOPELESS
Our housing programs offer short term and long term shelter for those who are in transition from losing property, endangered mothers, foster children and those who age out of the foster care system, the elderly, and the widows.
Our goal is to restore children in transition and broken families. We work with the local government, businesses, Churches, and the local community to accomplish the programs and projects to improve:
1. Education
2. Career Development
3. Healthcare
4. Community Infrastructure
5. Economic Development
6. Self-sufficiency and
7. Living Standards and conditions
Our homes are built with less waste, more re-use and recycling, together with lower life-cycle environmental impacts and costs, better reliability, less maintenance, and greater user satisfaction.We are committed to putting the village back into child raising and commune back into community.
HELP FOR THE HUNGRY
We work with Grace Restoration Church, Second Harvest Food Bank, and Faith Neighborhood to help meet the immediate needs of low income or impoverished families.
HELP FOR THE HOMELESS
We work with organizations such as New Beginnings, Find, Feed, and Restore, United Way, and others to help homeless families get back on their feet and become productive citizens.
Being self sufficient means being personally and independently sustainable for all of life's basic needs: food, shelter, and clothing. Self sufficient individuals do not need to be dependent on outside resources for their basic needs and they are capable of attending to a wide variety of necessary tasks on their own. This can lower an individual's impact on natural resources and in turn improve the conditions of their local environment. There are many reasons to be self sufficient, not the least of which is the benefits it can have for the environment by reducing different types of pollution and consumption of nonrenewable resources. Other reasons to become self sufficient include:
Emergency Preparedness: Individuals who can grow their own food, attend to minor repairs, and have a self sufficient lifestyle will be less impacted in case of local or regional emergencies that may limit resources.
Skill Development: Becoming self sufficient requires the development of many useful skills and sharpens mental processes. This is also a great way to teach children to be independent and to offer them practical skills they can use throughout their lives.
Economic Advantages: A self sufficient home can produce the bulk of its energy, food supplies, and other necessities far less expensively than purchasing materials and resources while paying for the labor of others.
Personal Satisfaction: Developing low impact living through self sufficiency can bring about a deep sense of personal accomplishment and satisfaction, creating a positive, healthy attitude.
COMMUNITY CENTER & CABINS
There is a saying that while the cat is away, the mouse will play. Our after school and summer program is geared for the for elementary and middle school youth while using high school youth as mentors. It is operated after school, weekends, and in the summer when students are not at school, and parents are not at home. They include everything from tutoring, athletics, arts, chess and other clubs, as well as strengthening the areas that the child is leaning towards to help them fulfill their potential. Seniors and adults come during the morning hours.
Space within the community center will be utilized for events, rental space, etc. Cabins will be utilized for summer camps, retreats, water sport rentals, home rentals, etc.
CREDIT UNION
To provide a safe place to save and borrow at reasonable rates, and provide a wide array of other financial services as member-owned and cooperative institution.
GROVELAND HISTORY MUSEUM
In 1949 four young men were arrested and convicted of a rape they did not commit. Thomas was killed by a mob led by Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall, and the crime sparked a wave of violence against black residents of Groveland that required the attention of the National Guard. This museum will pay homage to this and the many other atrocities against black and brown people in the area.
THE NETWORK
A community of businesses within the local area that are allowed to utilize business space within the community center that meet monthly to support each other, for training, and advancement.
