Development Plans

Common Ground Center is being developed on 700 acres, the site of an old horse and potato farm. The property now has a farmhouse, three barns and two other residences. As of the end of 2005, we have added 11 cabins and a bathhouse, and have remodeled one of the barns into a dining hall, kitchen and program space. The second large barn is slated for remodeling during the winter/spring of 2006, to become the center of our children’s programs. Four additional cabins will also be added. In addition, efforts will be made to soundproof the dining hall:

Present plans call for the build-out of the property in the following phases:

Phase I: a facility for 100 people, centered in the existing barns, cabins and bathhouse, and a pond, to be largely completed in the spring of 2006 (the pond to be dug in the fall)
Phase II: a facility for 120 -130 people, with a sleeping lodge with bathroom facilities, a new dining hall, a meditation hut and outdoor sports courts
Phase III: winterization of the sleeping lodge and dining hall, with indoor accommodations for 30-50 people
Phase IV: a facility for 160 people, with an additional bathhouse, an expansion of the new dining hall and a toddler gazebo
Phase V: completion of the facility, including a greenhouse, animal barn, and other outbuildings

Lumber is being cut from wood logged on the property and stored for future use to build cabins and program buildings.

Click on the tab “Planned Facilities” for an idea of what our facilities will look like after the final phase of development