This article is an attempt to identify as complete a checklist as possible of needs, wants, and aspirational goals for establishing a sustainable intergenerational village, neighborhood, or other residential community. This article is expected to be updated as omissions or improvements are discovered. As it grows, it might be broken Read more…
Today is one year and thirteen days from the first blog post on this site. At the time, I was fairly reliably employed and looking forward to enough of a bonus at project completion to provide a little seed funding for a small conference in addition to other financial needs. Read more…
The last entry in this blog was nearly four months ago, in December. Shortly after that, I received a quote from the hotel and was getting ready to sign it and put down a deposit. As is right and proper, I asked for divine guidance before committing- in this case Read more…
I have begun the process of setting a location and date for the first Hearthingstone PLC. I am attempting to book the hotel for January 3-5, 2020. After touching base with the hotels in the expanded search area, I believe that one of them stood out as clearly the best Read more…
This is the fourth hotel I’ve gotten any pricing back from. This one only looked at one date despite my request for some other dates to consider. Their rate was just shy of $120 per night for Nov. 8-10, 2019- so about $20 more than #1, which also quoted that Read more…
I received a response back from another hotel today. This one is just across the highway from Venue Candidate #1 and was recommended by another member of the Facebook group. Sadly, this hotel has fewer dates available (or quoted fewer). I haven’t spoken with the rep there- they called, but Read more…
I received hotel room rate estimates from Venue Candidate #1. Rates are Single/Double occupancy, per night. Under $100 (Barely) April 19 – 21 (Also being considered by someone else- Easter) June 14 – 16 July 12 – 14 November 8 – 10 (Veterans’ Day weekend) January 3 – 5, 2020 Read more…
Now that I’m talking to hotels and trying to pin down dates, that brings up the question of paying for this whole event. While I may need to resort to crowdfunding for a deposit, the overall costs will need to come from a registration fee of some amount. That brings Read more…
At lunch today, I visited one of the hotels on my list. It rose to the top based on some feedback via the Facebook group. The hotel is certainly large enough to hold Hearthingstone for the foreseeable future, with nearly 200 guest rooms, plenty of meeting space, and so on. It Read more…
I’ve been whittling through a massive list of hotels and encountered a few interesting possibilities. First of all, after some careful review, the downtown hotels are just too damned expensive. For every hotel that I’ve considered, I tried to price a room with a king bed for the last weekend Read more…
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