Pedestrian Campus
Sunward is a pedestrian community, and vehicles are kept at the periphery. We see the benefits of this daily as residents visit and children play on the pedestrian paths. To move most items around campus and to/form your car, you can use one of our many schlepping carts kept at useful locations around campus. Some people also buy their own folding cart and keep it in their car trunks. Don't feel shy about asking your neighbors for help. Cooperation goes a long way! On rare occasions, such as moving large furniture, vehicles may come directly onto Sunward campus. Drivers should be extremely cautious, driving no faster than walking speed. We keep "pedestrian-only" signs at the entry points and if you must bring a vehicle on campus you need to move and immediately replace the sign when passing in both directions, just like closing a farm gate.
Sunward's architecture was thoughtfully designed to encourage interactions and spontaneous connections that are the life blood of the community. We have a variety of structures in addition to our Common House: 40 individually owned housing units with a range of sizes and layouts spread across 9 buildings; garages which are individually owned by some households; a large barn, located north of the woods off Park Road, which was built during the 1910s; and a few very useful sheds.
We have an open parking lot with spaces used on a first come basis. Each household may build one, not more, parking structure (garage/carport).
“There is hardly anything more appealing, yet apparently more elusive, for humankind at the end of the 20th century than the prospect of living in harmony with nature and with each other.” -Robert and Diane Gilman
