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Tiny House VillageA Tiny Community Based on Sharing

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Who am I?!

• Co-authored “It’s a Shareable Life”

• Have lived in several coliving communities

• Regularly speak about sharing & community

• Act as a consultant for marketplaces

• Founded the “Sharers of SF” Group

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Why?

• Experiences > stuff

• Sharing makes sense

• Small spaces encourage loving what you have - and reducing waste

• Mobility and the future of work

• Lifestyle/cost

• Community matters

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Vision

• 10-15 Tiny House plots

• 2-10 Acres of Land

• Community center with kitchen

• Large outdoor area

• Rental model for land plots

• People provide / buy their own tiny house

• Houses required to be on wheels

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Vision

• Within 50 miles of SF (likely N. of SF)

• Non-profit structure

• Educational / open source

• Lots of events, music, art

• Temporary/vacation rental units available

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Vision

• Shared dinners nightly in outdoor area

• Shared garden / permaculture

• Regularly scheduled caravan to SF

• Fast accessible WiFi

• Great areas for work / coworking

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Existing Communitiesin California

• Sonoma: Sebastopol

• Richmond (in planning process)

• San Jose - “Houselets” Urban Prototyping

• Lemon Cove - 19 mile N. Visalia

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Zoning

• RV Park Zoning

• Working with Interested City Planners

• Get City Codes Written / Overwritten

• Just do it anyway? Lease land?

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Next Steps

• Locate city / county willing to work with us

• Source land < $500K

• Find investors & grant money

• Build it!

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Next Event

• Land scouting adventure in North Bay

• Set up real estate / city planner appointments

• Look at 3-5 pieces of land

• Eat lunch

• LEARN who might allow this

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Community Speakers

• Tiny House Expo

• Tiny House Trailers & Tiny House Owner

• Website & Resource Guide

• Builders Co-op

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