Member Communities:
QIV-C
Many Rivers
Abbreviated Chronology
1993-1995: "Community Building" discussion group at Wilton Montly Meeting in Connecticut
Dec. 1998: Spee and Jens Braun begin occasional visits to intentional communities around the US
June 1999: Property search near Powell House begins
July 1999: New York Yearly Meeting at Silver Bay, New York: Two interest group sessions held, with some 50 people participating
August 1999: Issue Number 1 of our newsletter Bridging the Gap issued, mailed to 50 households (March 2000 subscription list is up to 98 households!)
Feb. 2000: Retreat on "Deep Community" at Powell House, Chatham, New York, attended by 42 people (37 adults, 15 children)
August 2000: Brauns and Harris-Brauns purchase 135-acre ex-farm on Bradley's Crossing Road in East Chatham, New York (in the town of Canaan)
April 2001: QIVP incorporated as a non-profit corporation
Winter/Spring 2003: QIV-C members begin work on the original farmhouse on the QIV-C land
June 2003: QIV-C hosts a timber-framing workshop run by Fox Maple School of Traditional Building (based in Maine)
July 2003: QIVP attains 501(c)3 status
July 2003: Frame-raising event for the farmhouse timber frame (100+ people participate throughout the weekend)
March 2004: Many Rivers Community in Finland, Minnesota becomes the second Quaker Intentional Village under the QIVP umbrella organization
Summer & Fall 2004: QIV-C continues to rebuild farmhouse with wood chip-and-clay infill walls
January 2005: QIV-C begins subdivision process with the Town of Canaan Planning Board
April 2005: QIV-C obtains approval for 5-lot subdivision
2006 & 2007: Work on the farmhouse continues with primarily community labor
July 2007: Two families begin building new houses on the land
September 2007: A resident family moves into the farmhouse
Contact: info@qivp.org
Quaker Intentional
Village Project
P.O. Box 114
Old Chatham, NY 12136
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