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For
lots of reasons, Dancing Rabbit needed a building to serve
a number of functions. The non-profit needs a place to carry
on its business (meetings, answering email, outreach activities).
Some people reside in simple homes and need basic facilities
(toilets, telephone lines, indoor showers). We need a gathering
place for the whole community (dances, birthday parties,
holiday celebrations).
Planning
out the building, raising funds and doing the actual construction
has been a learning experience for us. Coming to consensus
on these and other issues about the community building
was extremely challenging. Members, residents, work exchangers
and visitors used their skills (or acquired them) throughout
the process. Our community building, or "Common House",
as we often call it, was designed and built to be eco-friendly.
We had to balance cost, time and eco-friendliness, which
wasn't always easy, and come to peace with some compromises,
of course always in accordance with our covenants. To
learn more about our Common House and see pictures of
it throughout the various construction phases, Reasonable uses authorized without permission.
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