Michigan Intentional Communities
Sunward is excited to encourage the community creation efforts of these groups but is not formally affiliated with them.
Great Oak - Ann Arbor. "Our vision is to create a sustainable community that is diverse and joyful. We seek to thrive in harmony and dissonance with one another. In this place we value and cultivate our strengths and our differences."
Touchstone - Ann Arbor's newest forming cohousing community.
Newberry Place - Grand Rapids. "We believe that people who have connections to others in a community live richer and more fulfilling lives. Newberry Place is a core group of households developing an urban cohousing community by the end of 2006. We envision creating an "intentional neighborhood" in the city consisting of 17 owner-occupied townhomes and 3 rental units, with group ownership of a common house, grounds and facilities..."
Manitou Arbor Ecovillage - Kalamazoo. "an eco-spiritual community dedicated to caring for people and the Earth by living and demonstrating a sustainable culture appropriate to our bioregion."
“We work on ourselves then, in order to help others. And we help others as a vehicle for working on ourselves.” -Ram Dass