Progress Report: 19

Since I last posted, we've been down to the farm for a visit and have met with Lee-Anne Milburn, the NC State professor who taught the Landscape Architecture course this past spring that focused on FarmFront. I hadn't met her before, although John had, and the three of us had a very nice meeting one dark and stormy night in Raleigh. Okay--it wasn't all that dark, but it was stormy.

I enjoyed meeting Lee-Anne and want to thank her for all the information she gave us. That included a final report on the FarmFront project from the class. If you want to read it, it's a PDF file available at the Farmfront site. Here's a teaser of a sample of the kind of thing you'll find there.



There's a lot to read and look at there, and I hope to be able to present parts of it on the blog in the coming months, perhaps with some additional material.

We're at the point now where we have a better idea of the kind of information we need next. Knowing all we do now, we are close to ready to approach builders and get some numbers. We need to know what the development would be worth if it were done in a traditional manner versus a sustainable manner. With so many people involved in this project, there is an unfortunate but real bottom line here--it must yield as much or at least close to as much from the sustainable path as from the traditional route.