Documents

Planning phase. An independent plan; nothing is funded or built yet.

In short

A planned community and care campus in Bethlehem, PA, where anyone can get food, water, clothing, a clean restroom, a tool to borrow, care for their pet and a friendly handoff to existing services, with no fees, no account and no ID. About half of it is outdoors, with a garden that feeds the food hub, in an existing building reused with solar power. Planning phase: no building, operator, partners or funding yet.

Read and download

Executive summary (web page)
Executive summary (PDF, 1 page, about 80 KB)
The longer summary (web page, about 2 pages)
One-page visual (PNG, about 0.2 MB)
The plan
Roles and quick guides

The full planning document stays internal for now because it names a site that no owner has agreed to.

Illustrations

Illustration: The reused building: a solar roof, a glass storefront and a step-free entrance facing a bus stop — Illustration · The reused building: a solar roof, a glass storefront and a step-free entrance facing a bus stop

Illustration: The outdoor half: garden beds, a shade tree with a bench and bottle filler, and a covered solar pavilion — Illustration · The outdoor half: garden beds, a shade tree with a bench and bottle filler, and a covered solar pavilion

Illustration: The food and water hub: shared fridges with a temperature log, a free refill station and garden produce — Illustration · The food and water hub: shared fridges with a temperature log, a free refill station and garden produce

Illustration: Animal care: its own entrance, a care room, a quiet room with its own vent, a wash station and an outdoor run — Illustration · Animal care: its own entrance, a care room, a quiet room with its own vent, a wash station and an outdoor run