Grow Community/Asani were honored to receive the 2012 Sustainable Business of the Year award from the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce. This is an award that was truly achieved due to the support and involvement of our greater Bainbridge Island community. Thank you.
We have continued to share a common hope and dream of an intergenerational community and that was evident through the course of our workshops. Whether it be young families, teens joining us to add their input, empty nesters, and those young at heart, everyone had something wonderful to share.
All this helps us as we start from here and work toward designing this community space.
Couldn’t make the workshop, but have some ideas for the space? Please share your thoughts by clicking the comments link above. No idea is a bad idea! We look forward to hearing from you.
Our next workshop on January 26th will explore intergenerational living options at Grow Community. Please click here for more details and to RSVP.
January 26th 2013, 1-4pm
Vineyard Lane – Fireside Room, Bainbridge Island
We want your ideas! Are you interested in joining the Grow Team to explore intergenerational living options at Grow Community? We will be hosting a workshop to gather your thoughts and plan these spaces. Click the link below for more details.
Let the fun begin! Now that Grow Community is under way, we are ready to begin the next phase – design of the community center. This is your building, your place to hang out with friends, host a birthday party, read a book by the fire, work on your bike, participate in a yoga class. Art studios, rooftop gardens, freezer storage, tool library and workshop, movie room, playroom, the list goes on. As with everything at Grow, the possibilities are endless. But it won’t all fit in one building, so we’ll have to choose. And the choices are yours. Please join us for an interactive workshop to share your ideas for this space.
Click here for more details and to RSVP | All are welcome
We have a new idea! We are not sure what form this one will take and we want your help. The concept for Grow Community has always been based on an intergenerational community. What does that mean to us? We imagine a neighborhood where families, young children, singles, retired couples, and elders all live in homes that suit their needs. But not only that, the community, in it’s physical and social design is intended to encourage interactions amongst all these residents. We imagine a neighborhood where relationships are formed, spontaneously and intentionally, where young and old play together in the garden, share experiences and care for each other.
The next buildings we construct will be designed to take this intergenerational concept to the next level. The beginning of an idea has taken shape as we’ve listened to your feedback over the last several months. A building based on Universal Design principles, with one-level flats, accessible spaces, comfortable spaces, spaces designed for young families and elders. We are not quite sure yet what this building or the homes within it will look like. We want to hear from you. How do you want to live? Come help us design your new home.
Click here for more details and to RSVP | All are welcome
January 12th 2013
Vineyard Lane – Fireside Room, Bainbridge Island
We want your ideas! Are you interested in joining the Grow Team to help shape the neighborhood Community Center at Grow Community? We will be hosting a series of interactive workshops in January to gather your thoughts and plan these spaces. Click the links below for more details. Grow Phase 3 Workshop – Community Center Design: Sat, Jan 12 – 1-4pm
Tuesday, January 8th 2013, 9am – 4.30pm
Grow Model Homes, Bainbridge Island
This 7-clock hour class is designed to give Puget Sound real estate brokers and home inspectors a thorough knowledge of green and energy efficient features and benefits from the appraiser’s perspective. You will learn to identify the specific components of green and energy efficient homes with an understanding of the added value components bring and which components have social/marketing value and which components have quantitative value.
Grow Community is an urban Net Zero neighborhood on Bainbridge Island, just a 35-minute ferry ride from downtown Seattle. With beautifully designed solar-powered homes, shared community gardens and clean transportation options, Grow allows all generations to enjoy a high-quality and healthy lifestyle.
