The Sweetgrass Blog
“A place where neighbors look out for each other."
Dave and I and our board of directors are in the early stages of creating a community, a neighborhood where older adults, young families, and those with mild…
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The Sweetgrass Core Group was encouraged by our consultant, David Berto, to establish a checklist of criteria for our land search. Seemed like it would…
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My name is Asia Corder and I work with The Arc of Davidson County and Greater Nashville as the Traumatic Brain Injury Family Support Coordinator….
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The Sweetgrass Community took a significant step forward with two days of project planning on September 21 and 22. Up until now we knew what…
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Sweetgrass is a sacred plant to Native Americans. Its scientific name is Hierochloe adorata, meaning the fragrant, holy grass. In the Cherokee language, wiingaashk, it…
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The Sweetgrass website launched at the end of August, 2017. We board members had to dig deep and think about every aspect of the project….
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Board Members Visit Community on Bainbridge Island Sweetgrass board members traveled to Seattle in August and visited Winslow Cohousing Community on Bainbridge Island. The community…
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Our community is like a three-legged stool. It takes all three legs (seniors, young people and those with mild disabilities) to make the stool, and…
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Recent research has shown that having one’s hands in the dirt increases feelings of happiness. The gardeners among us knew that already! Seriously, research has…
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Thanks to Ross Chapin Architects for allowing the use of photos depicting communities and houses designed by their company. These photos communicate the vision of…
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