| Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage is a group of individuals and families who came together in early 2007 to discuss the idea of creating a cohousing community. Belfast is a city of 7,000 people located in midcoast Maine between Camden and Bar Harbor. The city features an active waterfront and lively arts community, and is the center of business, services, and government for the surrounding county. Traditional housing in the Belfast area falls into two main categories: in-town residential neighborhoods and rural, large-lot homesteads.
Members of Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage are building a community that combines the best elements of both types: located in a rural area with tightly clustered housing and shared infrastructure, but working to preserve neighboring open land for its beauty, recreation, and farming, all while fostering a close-knit, cooperative, and intentionally ecological way of life.
Who are we? We are 24 Equity Member households and 20 Exploring Member households, and growing fast. We are business owners, educators, naturalists, gardeners, an architect, a fine homebuilder, farmers, doctors, nonprofit directors, poets, musicians, IT professionals, and children of all ages.(See bios on our website.) Most of us live and work in the area (though we have members from as far away as Texas). In July 2008, we purchased 42 acres for our community, part of a larger 180-acre farm we plan to help preserve, all located just two miles from Belfast's downtown and harbor. We are within 1.5 miles of elementary and middle schools, Cornerspring Montessori Elementary School, the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, a YMCA, grocery and other retail stores, and Belfast's Municipal Airport.
Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage is creating an environmentally sustainable, affordable cohousing community that includes land reserved for agriculture and open space and is an innovative housing development model for rural Maine. We broke ground in early November, 2011, and the first four buildings (comprising nine units) will be ready for occupancy in the spring of 2012
We are currently open to Exploring and Equity Members, and are most eager for families with young children to join. Our vision is that within a few short years we will have a sustainable, harmonious, functional cohousing community where residents love to live and others are waiting in line to join. Status: Now building, seeking additional members | Community location is placed at the center of the zip/postal code, city/state, or city/country (not based on street addresses) Welcome to Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage! |
Statement of Housing Non-discrimination: Our community does not discriminate in regards to housing based on race/color, national origin, religion, sex/gender, family status (i.e. having children, not having children, or being pregnant), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, source of income, age, creed, personal appearance, political affiliation, HIV infection, military/veteran status, unfavorable military discharge, gender identity or expression, receiving public assistance, or being the victim of domestic abuse.
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