Author Archives: Hope
A village in the making
October 15, 2016 Architecture Design Workshop by Joe Cole On Saturday, October 15, Hart’s Mill members gathered for another round of our Architectural Design Workshop with our architects Frank Harmon, Suzy Cash, and Paul Drake. We met in the Chapel … Continue reading
Mushrooms, mowing, and (global) movements
Work Day, October 3rd Margret chronicles the accomplishments at the work day on October 3rd: Jeffry mowed extensively (5 hours in 2 days), Ginny and Geri got a great start on garden clean-up, and Margret and Rita tackled the McGowan … Continue reading
CELEBRATION! We’re buying the land!
Community is not a goal to be achieved but a gift to be received. —Parker Palmer Since 2011, Hart’s Mill Ecovillage has been linked to a 112-acre parcel of land owned by Alana Ennis. Over the past few years, the … Continue reading
Dam good work day!
Labor Day 2016 workday began at 8 am on a cool sunny morning with Margret, Donna, Lindsey, and Anthony cutting down a flowering Tree of Heaven and bagging the seed heads (see photo) to keep it from spreading all over … Continue reading
Inspiration from Eno Commons
This afternoon about 8 Hart’s Mill members visited Eno Commons Co-housing in Durham. Two of our architects–Suzy and Paul–came along. We had a good walkabout and were able to talk with several residents, paying close attention to some of the … Continue reading
Designing our dwellings—the process continues
The Hart’s Mill architecture group gathered at our favorite local common house at Arcadia Cohousing for the next installment in the schematic design process. The Architecture Liaison group—Anthony, Joe, and Katy—are working intensively with Frank Harmon Architects on determining what … Continue reading
Growing Inspiration, Just Around The Corner
On an early August Saturday, Rita, Hope, and Paul showed up for a work day at Anathoth Community Gardens, located just a few miles north of Hart’s Mill near the town of Cedar Grove. We waded into a hoop house … Continue reading
The Meteors were Mediocre but the Planets were Plenty
Many thanks to Randy for bringing us together last evening to do some stargazing on the beautiful Hart’s Mill land. Several of us (Randy, Anika, Jeffry, Margret, Hope & Paul) gathered early, did some work in the garden, checked out … Continue reading
Architecture Under the Sun
It happened at 7:30 on a Saturday morning, July 30th. The group of members who are participating in the village design process gathered early under the signature oak tree hoping to evade the fierce July heat. Our architects, Suzy, Paul, … Continue reading
An Indoor-Outdoor Weekend
Governance to thrive by… Sociocracy may not be everyone’s idea of a hot topic, but a dozen members came to the Chapel Hill Public Library on a muggy Saturday morning to learn more about how our governance approach keeps the … Continue reading
