Sustainable Community

Sustainable Community

Sunset Magazine offers readers a glimpse into all the unique and wonderful ways to “experience the west”. Every year they show their Sunset Idea Houses during their big Sunset Celebration Weekend event. The houses are showcases for well designed green-built living. This year Sunset is going all out by not just showcasing an Idea House, but an Idea Town in Seabrook, Washington. Seabrook is laid out to be pedestrian friendly, with smaller houses in a clustered design incorporating back lanes, (anyone remember alley ways?), and neighbor friendly front porches; all with the convenience of being able to access a community’s important public spaces and necessities with just a five minute walk. Starting this Friday tours of the Idea Houses within the Idea Town will be offered with a portion of the proceeds going to the Seabrook Community Foundation, which benefits several causes throughout Grays Harbor County. Walkable communities aren’t a new concept, before the introduction of the automobile communities needed to be compact and pedestrian manageable. Thankfully, we are rediscovering the importance of once again building true “community”.
 

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