Save the Date!
Snag Farm Housing Co-op Info Session: Sunday July 13, 2-5 PM
As part of the Islands Trust / Denman Housing Action Plan, we at The Snag Farm are asking the Local Trust Committee to consider pre-zoning our 42 acre property at 5400 Northwest Road to allow a total of 10 one acre lots of economical, ecological “cluster housing.” The property would be owned by a not-for-profit housing co-op, which would take it off the market via provincial legislation – no one (including us) will ever be able to make a profit from the land.
Our goals are: (1) to bring more people into our off-grid, subsistence-based intentional community project (for more info please see thesnag.org); (2) to further restore a former gravel pit to a condition in which it can support a diversity of species, including human beings, via subsistence conservation; (3) in the short term, to help alleviate the housing crisis by providing an affordable option for safe, non-precarious housing (4) for the longer term, to contribute to community discussions that can open up innovative solutions to accommodating people of all income and wealth levels on Denman Island.
We understand that discussions around housing have often been fraught and difficult. Therefore we are holding a series of facilitated information/discussion events, to introduce people to our particular vision, talk about how it relates to general issues around housing on Denman, and tour the property.
The first of these sessions will be held at the Big Pond event space (see directions to D-Centre at <thesnag.org/contact>, from 2-5 PM on Sunday July 13th. There will be a presentation from 2-3 PM; facilitated discussion from 3-4; a tour / drinks and snacks from 4-5. (Please feel free to bring something to add to the table, and if you want to be sure to have a comfy chair, please bring that too.)
Further details on the proposal will be posted on our website at <thesnag.org/prezoning>, along with links to relevant documents and background information. You can send any questions or comments to <charredsnag@gmail.com>
We hope to see you there!
