Embrace Community Living

Our Vision

We are creating a sustainable, Net Zero, diverse, multi-generational, and affordable community of 24-48 home units in the Colorado Front Range as an alternative to the traditional suburban subdivision or apartment complex.

Community Connection

Are you tired of running around, driving your kids to play dates after school and a full day at work only to come home, fix a quick dinner, get the kids to bed, clean up and be too tired to enjoy time with your partner? Maybe you’re a single parent whose family lives in another state and you could use some extra eyes and hands helping with your kiddos? Perhaps your children have grown and moved away and you’re looking to downsize and live in a dynamic community of all ages. Gratitude Village could be just the place you’re looking for!

The community will be intentionally designed to make connecting with others easier while providing plenty of opportunity for each individual to enjoy privacy to the degree they desire. Depending on where the property is located, we also desire to have connection with the wider community around us.

Intentional Sustainable Living

Our goal is to be a net zero community generating the power we use in our highly energy efficient homes (Passive House certified) and common spaces (LEED certified). We intend to integrate eco-friendly practices into daily life ensuring that our community respects the environment while providing a nurturing space for members of all ages to flourish. We envision practices such as water conservation, Xeric landscaping, a walkable neighborhood, growing some of our own organic food, composting, recycling, reusing and sharing resources. With enough land, we might even have a small regenerative agriculture space to grow crops or herbs & flowers like lavender to use in handmade products, or to raise goats, miniature cows, sheep, chickens, bees, and other animals.

Diversity

We envision a community that embraces both traditional and non-traditional family structures and lifestyles as well as a variety of ethnic backgrounds, ages, educational levels and incomes. We love animals and encourage those with pets to consider becoming members as well as those without pets. We also love children and teenagers and hope to have a plethora of both enjoying our community!

Depending on the community needs we may have space for a preschool, home schooling and even elder care for our aging residents. One property we are considering has an elementary school bordering one edge of the community.

Affordability

In order to attract the diversity we are looking for in our community we endeavor to make our homes as affordable as possible while still embracing beauty, sustainability and functionality. We aim to have 1/3-1/2 of our homes subsidized either internally or externally or in combination to make them even more affordable to a wide range of home owners.

Homes within a Cohousing community are typically costed at market rates or slightly higher (10-15%) as each household owns their own home as well as a prorated portion of the shared amenities including the Common House and its facilities, the gardens and common green, the Maker Space and any other buildings in the community plus any pasture or crop land. For example if there are 48 home units in the community, each household will own their home (and the land it's on if it is a single family home or duplex) plus 1/48th of the common facilities.

We envision the following homes and costs:

1. Apartments of 700-800 sq ft connected to the Manor House or in a 2-3 story separate building with an estimated to cost $400,000-$650,000 depending on finishes ($350,000-$450,000 with subsidizing)

2. Duplexes or Flats of 900-1100 sq ft with an estimated cost of $600,000 to $850,000 again depending on size and finishes ($450,00-$650,000 subsidized)

3. Single Family Homes or Duplexes in the 1100-1800 sq ft range with an estimated cost of $800,000-$1075,000 depending on size and finishes ($650,000-$800,000 subsidized)

Homes