When we met, one of the things Nils and I had in common was a love of community. We were living in Seattle and learning all about the concept of cohousing. When we were pregnant with our daughter Kira, we became involved with the development and building of Jackson Place cohousing, where we planned to live. But fate had a different plan for us.
Some of our closest friends started having children and together we became excited about buying land, building our homes, and raising our kids together. The kicker was, they wanted to live in the country. Nils and I are die-hard urban dwellers, but the draw of that close-knit community and connection won out. Several of us had grown up on Bainbridge Island, so we started looking on the Kitsap Peninsula.