Blog
May 31, 2005
Where does the time go???
I couldn't believe that it has been 3 months since I last updated this section. We have been very busy creating a new website which was launched about 2 weeks ago and talking and showing the property to prospect future residents. Lot sales continue to be steady. Mary from Ohio closed on Lot 10 in March and it looks like Lot 5 will be going under contract yet this week. It's not too late to be a part of Phase I. We have started laying out lots for Phase II, but don't anticipate that we will be able to start selling lots in Phase II for another 2 to 3 years (the approval process is lengthy). So, call or write with your questions or to schedule a visit! Everything is green and beautiful and the wildflowers have started to bloom.
For those of you who have been following our progress for awhile, you will notice that we have added a new type of home to our community. It's called an "Econest". They are the product of a design/build collaboration with Robert Laporte, a renowned timber framer and natural house building teacher and Paula Baker Laporte, an architect, baubiologist and author specializing in healthy ecological design. The Econest utilizes natural building techniques including: timber framing, straw/clay walls, earth plastering, and natural, non-toxic finishes throughout. I actually attended an Econest Workshop in Colorado last week where a team of people put up the timber frame and straw/clay walls in one week! What an experience! I knew that I wanted to live in an Econest at Birds the first time I stepped foot in one, but the workshop really convinced me that this natural system was the only way to go! Paula is currently designing my "Econest" and my workshop should be this fall or next spring at the latest.
Check out the new website and give me your feedback! I hope that you will find it to be easy to navigate, informative and entertaining.
p>For those of you who have been following our progress for awhile, you will notice that we have added a new type of home to our community. It's called an "Econest". They are the product of a design/build collaboration with Robert Laporte, a renowned timber framer and natural house building teacher and Paula Baker Laporte, an architect, baubiologist and author specializing in healthy ecological design. The Econest utilizes natural building techniques including: timber framing, straw/clay walls, earth plastering, and natural, non-toxic finishes throughout. I actually attended an Econest Workshop in Colorado last week where a team of people put up the timber frame and straw/clay walls in one week! What an experience! I knew that I wanted to live in an Econest at Birds the first time I stepped foot in one, but the workshop really convinced me that this natural system was the only way to go! Paula is currently designing my "Econest" and my workshop should be this fall or next spring at the latest.Check out the new website and give me your feedback! I hope that you will find it to be easy to navigate, informative and entertaining.
