Welcome to the Village Forum...

...a web site devoted to creating VillageTowns

For most people, investment in home and community is the most important investment of their life. However, few have much say in what it will look like, feel like or to design it so it provides security, stimulation and enjoyment for all ages and stages of their lives.

For the past half century, we have built communities for the wrong reasons, resulting in communities that do not provide for what people need, value or love. We designed and built sprawling communities to sell cars, to provide a market for petroleum and to boom the economy. The unanticipated negative side effects have made a mess of life.

We need a different form of community: different purpose, different layout and a different design process to get there.

It need not be radically new, we can learn from the past. We can build mainstream developments blending timeless patterns with modern technology. VillageTowns offer that. VillageTowns intend to replace suburbs. With proper professional support and direction, the people who will live in a community generally make better decisions about the character and qualities of their community than developers. So we begin with you. As a future villager, you get involved at the beginning.

In this site, you can learn about VillageTowns and, if you like the idea, this is where you become involved. We estimate there are 100 million people who want to live in VillageTowns. We need only 10,000 per VillageTown.

It's your life, it's your money. Build your future, build your village.

 

What is a VillageTown?

A VillageTown is a 10,000 population town made of 20 villages, each different: each designed by its future citizens. Destinations are within walking distance, so one need not drive to accomplish the chores of daily life.

Built on a strong, self-supporting local economy that sustainably lowers cost of living, its continued purpose is the enjoyment of what the ancients called a Good Life, meaning the social pursuits of

  • Conviviality
  • Citizenship
  • Artistic & Intellectual growth
  • Spiritual development & fulfilment

The implications of these five elements - the local economy and the social pursuits of a Good Life - profoundly change for good, the physical, cultural and social experience of life. Done right, it makes life more beautiful, more engaging and more secure for all ages and stages of life.

To learn more,
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Finally, if you love the idea, and think you might want to live in a VillageTown, tell us. Sign up involves no obligation or commitment, but lets us know there is interest. Click SignUp.

 
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