Developments and Announcements

January 2012
From our manager, Mike Howell: Our Ecovillage project is at a new milestone. We submitted our Planned Unit Development to Comstock Township last year and our first public hearing on the project is scheduled for Thursday, January 12. After this public hearing there will be a future meeting with the Comstock Township Planning Committee. Ater this our project goes before the Comstock Board for approval. And after this we will be able to do our marketing effort to get people signed on to build. When enough people are signed up, we can go ahead with construction. Thanks to so many for bringing the effort to this point of completion. Let's maintain hope and continue to pray.

August 2011
Mark your calendar now for the Southwest Michigan Harvest Festival! Stop by our booth to chat and find out more about Manitou Arbor Ecovillage! Sunday, September 18, 2011 from 11:30AM to 6:00PM. Music and entertainment, speakers, local food, crafts, exhibitors, and demonstrations. Only $10 per carload, bicycles free!

Map and directions here: http://www.fairfoodmatters.org/harvestfest/map.php

July 2011
The Future Organizing Resident Group (FROG) has been working hard to reduce the buy-in cost into MAEV in order to make it affordable to firm and potential residents. As a result, we found it necessary to scale down our inital plan for the Community Building--with the goal to enlarge and improve the building as our needs dictate and as funds from the sale of lots bring in revenue.

We have also increased lot sizes to assure solar access more easily and in a less complicated way, and we are considering increasing the number of lots.

Our site design is nearly complete. We have completed the Association Bylaws and will be sending them off to our lawyer for review. The Resident's Manual is undergoing its final review.

By December 2011, we anticipate contacting all individuals who have inquired about living in MAEV to update them on our progess and determine their level of interest. Once we have lot prices established, our marketing and advertising campaign will begin in earnest in order to sell the number of lots needed to secure bank financing for the land and infrastructure costs.