I admire futurists. Folks who can visualize a venture and then go for it!
Dave and I just returned from a five day trip to Georgia. We spent a good part of Monday visiting with friends in Serenbe. This exquisite village was, not so very long ago, a picturesque, idyllic sustainable farming community, an hour or so south of Atlanta.
Then along came Steve and Marie Nygren with a dream to raise their kids in this kind of atmosphere. They visualized building a small community with as little impact on nature as possible. By the way, we met Steve Nygren right on the sidewalk while we were there.
The upshot of this dream is that Serenbe has morphed into a green community of some 300 folks nestled in this pristine countryside.
Pictured here is HGTV Green Home 2012. It's loaded with sustainable features.
There's also a Bosch Net Zero show home - meaning power is created by the home itself.
As you know, I'm a big city gal who needs her twenty-screen movie complex to be five minutes away - but we had a lovely time in Serenbe. You would as well.
You could spend the weekend at The Inn at Serenbe and have dinner in the Farmhouse Restaurant. We were treated to lunch at the Blue Eyed Daisy before heading home. It was great.
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Dave and I just returned from a five day trip to Georgia. We spent a good part of Monday visiting with friends in Serenbe. This exquisite village was, not so very long ago, a picturesque, idyllic sustainable farming community, an hour or so south of Atlanta.
Then along came Steve and Marie Nygren with a dream to raise their kids in this kind of atmosphere. They visualized building a small community with as little impact on nature as possible. By the way, we met Steve Nygren right on the sidewalk while we were there.
Pictured here is HGTV Green Home 2012. It's loaded with sustainable features.
There's also a Bosch Net Zero show home - meaning power is created by the home itself.
As you know, I'm a big city gal who needs her twenty-screen movie complex to be five minutes away - but we had a lovely time in Serenbe. You would as well.
You could spend the weekend at The Inn at Serenbe and have dinner in the Farmhouse Restaurant. We were treated to lunch at the Blue Eyed Daisy before heading home. It was great.
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