Professional Team Created

• Chuck Silver, Project Designer, Hudson River Design, Saugerties, NY
• Bruce Coldham, Cohousing Designer, Coldham & Hartman Architects, Amherst, MA
  
• Walter Cudnohufsky, Landscape Architect and Planner, Walter
  Cudnohufsky Associates, Inc., Ashfield, MA 
• North Engineers & Design Associates, General Engineering,
  North & Houston, Kingston, NY 
• Myriam Bouchard, Certified Business Advisor, US Small Business Development Center, Kingston, NY
  
• Ira Krivit, Director of Research, CPEX Real Estate, New York, NY
  
• Bruce Richardson, Cohousing Financial Consultant, Boulder, CO 
• Elena Flash, Attorney, NYS Regulatory Expert, Miller Mayer, Ithaca, NY
  
• Hayden Brainard, Securities Attorney, Miller Mayer, Ithaca, NY 
  
• Sara McGinty, Real Estate Attorney, Rosendale, NY
  
• Dominic Cordisco, Land Use and Real Estate Attorney, Drake, Loeb, Heller and partners PLLC, New Windsor, NY
  
• John Cappelo and Tobias Drake, Municipal Zoning Attorneys, Jacobowitz and Gubits, Wallkill, NY
  
• John Buck - Sociocracy Consultant for Business and Cohousing
  
• Bob Cohn, Contractor, Hudson Valley Contractors, Inc., New Paltz, NY
  
• Paul Waddington, Construction Manager, Highmount, NY
  
• Ellen Sribnick, Linda Gluck - Co-general Managers

• Gathered members: ten Equity households who’ve invested $724,500
• Ongoing outreach to neighbors to gain project support
• Visited cohousing communities in: NY, MA, CO, CA, VA, NM, NC, WA, and OR

• Surveys and topographic maps completed
• Acquired subdivision approval, lot line adjustment, and conceptual site plan approval from Rosendale Planning Board
• Developed site plan in accordance with county/town highway departments and fire department
• Received Conditional Site Plan Approval and Negative Declaration of Environmental Significance in accordance with the NY State Environmental Quality review Act
• Researched green building technologies and state and federal incentives for energy efficient building
• Received grant from NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research & Development Authority) for Heating and Cooling Systems.
  
• Completed design of residential units, which will be highly resource and energy efficient, and performance-built. This will reduce the use of fossil fuel for heating, cooling and hot water. Photovoltaic panels will generate electricity. Materials used will be non-toxic, sustainable, and highly durable.
• Completed 90% of Common House design
• Dug two wells resulting in a yield of 110 gpm, 90 gpm over what is required by the Health Dept. for a community well. Water quality has been approved. A $35,000 infrastructure investment
• Attended National Cohousing Association Project Management conference in California and Annual National Cohousing Conferences in NC, MA, and Washington, DC 
• Expected infrastructure construction start date 2011-2012
  

Canoeing on our pond.

• Formed a Limited Liability Company and created LLC Operating Agreement
• Consulted with Small Business Development Center to create business plan & organize financing
• Secured mortgage for a Land Acquisition Loan from Ulster Savings Bank
• Purchased 65 acre farm and subdivided into four parcels
• Sold two parcels with existing houses; retaining two parcels totalling 56 magnificent acres with rolling hills, a 4+ acre pond, forests, and open farm land
• Consulted with RUPCO (Rural Ulster Preservation Company) regarding housing opportunites for low and moderate income residents
• Created development timeline and Business Plan
• NYS Attorney General's Office granted LFC an exemption from the full Offering Plan filing, in the form of a Limited Filing under NYS Policy Statement 101.
  
• Generated capital of $1,444,284 
• Leased 10 acres to Binnewater Farm Project CSA, which was launched in Jan 2011 by Legacy Farm and local community members.
    

• General Circle Meetings held twice monthly
• Formed committees
• Developed Membership Agreement
• Trained in and adopted Sociocracy as governing, decision-making system; ongoing Sociocratic workshops
• Held regular “community life” events including camping on our land, retreats, tours of other cohousing communities and cultural events

• Created Orientation Process for Prospective Residents to fully acquaint them with the Cohousing lifestyle and our Equity Members
• Over 100 Prospective Residents have attended Open Meetings with several pursuing our Orientation Process
• Instituted Buddy system for informing and integrating Prospective Residents
• Bi-monthly newsletter sent to 400+ mailing list
• Outreach to the NY metropolitan area
  

Sponsor: Legacy Farm Cohousing aka Ulster County Cohousing, LLC Sponsors’ Address: POB 88 Rosendale, NY 12472 Location of Project: Hahn Farm Road, Kingston, NY 12401. This advertisement is not an offering. No offering can be made until an offering plan is filed with the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York. This advertisement is made pursuant to Cooperative Policy Statement No. 1 issued by the New York State Attorney General. (5/06)
Attorney General File Number CP05-0229