CoDwell's goal is to convert a boarding school (or similar property) into an intentional community. We want to enable 100+ people to live together, organize their lives and lifestyles and hobbies and professional interests together, and make use of the amenities of the property (offices, classrooms, workshops, labs, gyms, orchards, vineyards, etc) together for their individual and collective benefit in ways that wouldn't be feasible in smaller more typical community environments.
Our organizational model will involve multiple smaller groups each with their own focus. We call them pods, and you might think of each pod as its own intentional community that shares common space with the other pods. Most of the pods will organize their own small businesses using the property to support their members and for the benefit of the whole project. We're expecting to have pods focused on gardening, fabrication and makers, families and homeschooling, art and performance, and probably a few others.
This form is to express interest in being part of the project, as a visitor, resident, co-owner, pod organizer, business tenant, investor, and/or in some other capacity. Tell us about your interest and we'll let you know when we have news to share about acquiring property and launching the project.
Our primary target property is near Portland, Oregon, but we have previously and are currently considering alternatives in New England, California, Hawaii, and elsewhere.