An intentional community of ethnic, racial, gender, age, sexual orientation, and economic diversity seeking to use fewer resources through reducing ecological footprints. Our building maintains lower-cost housing as an alternative to the condominiums around us. This also reduces our "sociological footprint" as we work to improve the environment of our neighborhood and the community at large. The community is a program of the Keystone Ecological Urban Center, with a mission to research and demonstrate ways to decrease the ecological footprint of individuals as a way of improving and protecting the urban environment, to promote environmental consciousness, and to promote the creation and restoration of diverse, compact, and vibrant urban communities.