Hundredfold Hundredfold FarmFarm

A Cohousing Community

In Harmony With Nature

Features of Cohousing Participatory Process

Varied Responsibility for Development Resident Management

Intentional Neighborhood Design Extensive Common Features Separation of the car from housing core Optional Shared Meals

N. American Count as of October 2003

Forming: 41 Seeking Site: 19 Site Optioned: 3 Own Site: 20 Building: 28Completed: 73

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HFF

Core Values

SustainableLiving

PersonalEmpowermentStewardship

New ExtendedFamily

Celebration ofFood

EducationA Convergence

of Passions

Core Values Caring: We are committed to keeping the

interests of the land foremost in all our decisions.

Paring: We are seeking ways to reduce our consumption of non-renewables.

Sharing: We envision our time not being spent in formal meetings, but rooted in the daily, spontaneous encounters with one another.

The Farm 80 plus acres of rolling fields and woods Adams County – Agriculture (fruit) &

Tourism Gettysburg School District Within one hour of 10 colleges/universities 3hrs/NYC, 1.75hrs/DC, 1.50hrs/Baltimore 10 minutes to the 85,000 acre Michaux

State Forest and the Appalachian Trail

Site Design

Housing - General Fourteen Detached Single Family Homes Clustered within ~ six acres Two-story and single story building sites 2,000 sq ft maximum floor space Semi-custom: Design a floor plan that

meets your unique needs

Housing - Specific Don Bradley – Solar Strategies Dev. Corp. Design Homes LLC of Bloomsburg, PA Energy self-sufficiency of 75 to 95%

Passive solar Well insulated Earth bermed lower floor High efficiency radiant floor heating Low VOC options Grid interactive PV & Solar hot water options

Grid Interactive Solar Electric

Connected to electric grid

Hands off swapping of electricity

A 3kW system will provide 60% of electric need

Three day battery backup for critical systems

Water Management System Potable Water

Two community wells Sediment filtration, UV, storage, pressure main

Waste Water PowerSewer at each house SunDrive System – Water for flush and irrigation

Rainwater Individual rain collection systems Rain gardens

Stormwater and Erosion Control Promotes ground water recharge on farm

Household Wastewater

Microbes, algae, aquatic vegetation and solar energy

Breakdown of Breakdown of nutrients, solids, nutrients, solids,

bacteria and trace bacteria and trace metalsmetals

Reclaimed water

Waste Water Treatment and Recycling

Legal Air Space Condominium

You own your home, plus the footprint of land underneath it, but the remaining property and structures are commonly owned.

Hundredfold Farm Homeowners’ Assoc. Homeowners are automatically homeowners’

association members and are bound by the bylaws of the association.

Seven Springs Tree Farm A separate legal entity from Hundredfold Owned by the HFF membership Operated using accepted organic practices with IPM Key to Hundredfold’s affordability

Obtained a $200,000 business loan in order to purchase the entire Hundredfold tree crop

Six years at the present level of operation necessary in order to repay that loan

Members share annual principal payment, business pays monthly interest

Support of Micro-Enterprise We support appropriately scaled, member created

businesses that are compatible with the Hundredfold Farm vision statement Self-employment/home businesses Businesses operated by a subset of members

Examples: Community Supported Agriculture Alternative healing Educational Center – Community specific workshops

Economics Membership fee: $ 17,000+ Building Lot: $ 45,000 House: $ 90,000 to $150,000 Total: $150,000 to $210,000

PV System (3 kW) $30,000 (included in above total)

2% loan offered $20,000 (to be applied toward system cost)

Grant $10,000 (to be applied toward

system cost)

Condo fee: To be determined (~$150/mo)

Remaining Tasks Individual home designs Closing on financing Final approval of water management

system Final township approval of site design Attracting 4 to 5 additional members

My heart is moved by all I cannot save;

so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with

those who, age after age,

with no extraordinary power,reconstitute the world.

Adrienne Rich