artist co-housing community offering my ideas gayle bodine bolded items represent potential...

ArtistCo-HousingCommunityOffering My IdeasGayle BodineBolded items represent potential community income

Create and Participate in Beauty“A pivotal human quality is our ability to create and to participate in beauty. The Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky exclaimed "Beauty will save the world!" We need to create, to protect, and to foster beauty in all its guises…Writing a poem, painting a picture, fighting to preserve the beauty of nature, or creating a lovely home are just a few of the infinite ways we can participate in the beauty of God, share that beauty with others, and thereby help "save the world.“http://www.spirituallifeinstitute.org/about%20us.html

Passive Solar Small Houses Nada community like energy efficient small

houses (300 – 400 sq. ft. passive solar) (Crestone, Colorado)

Tiny Houses RVs? (space rental) Designed for privacy and peaceful living

Windows with nature view Berming/etc. to provide sense of privacy Provide sleeping, small kitchen, bath, living room Rent retreat space (community income)

Tiny Green Houses

http://tinygreencabins.com/ http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2012/06/post_46.html

Library/Co-Work Space Each person contributing their books for

shared library of fiction, reference, non-fiction

Librarian from community for order/reference resource

High speed wi-fi Fuse-like co-working space Space for workshops/meetings

(community income)

CoWorking Space/Library

http://boulderfuse.com/

Small Farm Hydroponics (fish/greens)(community

income from fish) Greenhouse for vegis/flowers (flowers

potential community income) Permaculture style organic garden Chickens, rabbits for meat, eggs

(community income) Cow/goat for milk

Artist’s Studio/Workshop Painting studios Pottery studio/kilns Mixed media/crafting open studio

Can be used for art therapy too Sculpture space/sculpture garden Workshop space for classes

(community income) Gallery (community income)

Community Kitchen Commercial kitchen (potential

community income from bread/baked goods)

Small restaurant? (community income)

“Lovely mess” hall for community meals and celebrations

Wind and Solar Power Plant Small wind energy generators Solar display

Lovely Additions Labyrinth

http://www.labyrinthcompany.com/?gclid=CPjkmOet0LoCFa47MgodRgYAbQ

Can be made with pavers, plants, stenciled

Flower garden Multi-faith

chapel/meditation room

Other Hats for Creatives Handy-persons Landscapers/landscape maintenance Plumbing, electrical, energy management Gardeners/farmers/animal wranglers Architects/builders/carpenters Bakers/cooks Librarians Workshop leaders Gallery managers Communications Information technology specialists Community managers Financial managers

Sources for Community Income Eggs, fish, chickens, rabbits Workshops/workshop space Gallery/gift shop Baked goods Retreat space (living space) rental Chapel rental Cut flowers, vegetables Other