Happy New Year from Elderberry!
It has been about 6 months since our last update and what a
busy time it has been! Our first two
homes are complete and the first Elderberry residents are moving in! We have 5 lots left and will be starting
construction on 6 more homes soon.
We’ve been working to complete the utilities to all of the
lots (trenches for water and electric, septic systems, etc.) and have also been
working on the common house. This week
the drywall went up in the common house and the interior design committee is
picking out paint colors, appliances, etc.
Great fun!
We’ve been having a great time in conversations about what
we want Elderberry to be. We are having
a monthly get-together to discuss aging in community and are regularly sharing
ideas and dreams about how to make the community beautiful and to be as
self-sufficient as possible. We have our
first garden started (growing a cover crop this winter) and have created a land
use plan that includes, gardens, greenhouse, barns, workshops, pastures, dog
parks and much more. It’s important to
have dreams of what our community will be because right now it’s a fairly muddy
construction site!
For any of you who would like to visit and meet out members,
we have a workday, meeting and potluck on the 2nd Sunday of every
month and a workday on the 4th Sundays. Let us know if you would like to visit and we’ll
provide the details.
Have a wonderful new year!
Mary