Where we are
We have a waterfront location in central New York on a lake that I grew up visiting. It includes 10 acres of mostly wooded land and a seasonal cottage. My family also owns one additional cottage on the same lake, one additional cottage on the neighboring lake, and 57 acres of land between the two lakes. This is a great start. We have a business plan written with a full curriculum. We are pursuing funding as well as expertise in starting a business in our creation of White Light Village. If you are interested in helping, please click on "Funding" in the sidebar.
Update: 2/28/07
We have obtained a couple of beautiful green golf carts for scooting around the village. We will probably need more once we get going.
We are also designing an addition to the existing cottage that will be year round and assist in making the cottage usable in the winter. We expect we can conduct many of the planned indoor activites and discussion in this building as well as store many of the vehicles that require cover in the winter.
Update: 6/20/07
We have constructed a lakefront deck and will construct an upper level later in the summer. Grass is growing on the lakeside as well as the land side (where Well truck made a mess). Ideas for additions and/or boat storage are being considered/quoted and we hope to have something built this fall. We're moving along in preparation of our first program and enjoying the process.
Update: 6/18/08
Well we haven't built the upper lakefront deck but we have built a pole barn for storage of boats, golf carts, etc. A new driveway has been constructed running through the woods to the camp and barn. We continue to enjoy the process.
Update: 6/26/09
I have started to build the lakefront deck. We have bulldozed paths through the woods for hiking, ATV riding, etc. We continue to create and enjoy the process.
Update: 10/2/09
The lakefront deck is complete. I created a dragging device for keeping the trails groomed and purchased a work horse ATV with plow that is fun for dragging the trails, pulling trailers, spreading the driveway mix, and other fun work. We have new windows in the house, replacing the plexiglass, and we have stained the entire house. The trim is done on the pole barn and we'll get to the rest of it in the spring.
Keep checking back because I will continue to update this section as to how we are doing. We would like to hear from anyone interested in becoming involved or that would like to participate in our first program.