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057 <br /> AN OVERVIEW OF THE HEARTWOOD PROJECT <br /> Pan the past 14 ye.ana I have gained vatuabLe expetienee owning and managing <br /> a gamily-otti.ented apatrtment community in Chapel Hitt. Mesa, I spent 4 yenta <br /> owning and sputa ing a da ft y gatm where I did extena.ive gardening and ga m ng. <br /> At the da,it y garm I aLa o a et up a camp.Ie to zawmitt and ptav c.ded an apptenti.ce- <br /> AhLp ptogttam got the ztude vt drop-outs tom the A.Qamance County 4chao.L system. <br /> In the tazt 3 yeana I have owned and managed the Sanitise Palmeri, Matket, a <br /> ptaduce and natu�tae goods grocery 4tote in th.id comet <br /> whvte my anceatand, the Thompa o na, a ette.ed in 1752.community. County County y home <br /> and had been got 16 yea�ta. My gamic y and I plan to a tangs County cs t haan <br /> cov�cibut2 to the .rm �J- we part to stay and <br /> ptoveme.nt and 4tabitity a6 this canmiunity ab did my ancestors. <br /> HEARTWOOD dd my commitment to ptedetve a respect got the ,sand and .its <br /> eesouteea and to *let a peace where. a variety ag activities and Learning <br /> xpeniencea can take place. A place where the va.Luea a the <br /> g.Louiridh, in bpite 06 its decline as an economc g gay that <br /> can <br /> the garm ws ed to a g get many Ame Lcand. HEARTWOOD v iebaez 6 S pie whete <br /> both aduttz and chitdten can gttow tows tdo theist tcuLLeat potenti.atL. Today'4 <br /> devetopmenta ogget either high density comptexea at elite and bepatate neigh- <br /> bothoada with tame .indiv.iduat land hotdi.ng4; ne.c thet of which gortet a true <br /> .sense ag pe.'u,anat intetactcon non coopetatian, _ but rather promotes onQ,y a <br /> 4enhe og bepartatenebb and 'eat ag ones own neighbor. Thttough 6astetLng a. <br /> commitment, a fleeting og pets onae tea pond.ibit ty, and encoutag. ng community <br /> zhati.ng HEARTWOOD witt make a di.ggetence. <br /> There ante many people who ate in gavot og a rate balanced env.vwnment and <br /> want the opportunity to expet.ience a mote wholesome and .gu 6itti.ng ti6e2rtyte. <br /> In view ag .today'b hectic pace many peop a ate Looking got that whoLesame type <br /> neighborhood. HEARTWOOD is designed with jtcat such people in mind. -A school, <br /> a tocaL maidzet, a gamily homestead, a take and woodeandh, 6anm an.ima2s, and <br /> wort . hop4. ALL th.ia wit -t.nvotve and £n p i.tte`both young and old. Th o .involve- <br /> ment wilt ply encourage ate to be active and enjoy each othelt'a company. <br /> The w tt be b kittS to teat)/ and pass on and natu to to enjoy untouched and <br /> ptateeled. A4 env.td.ioned, HEARTWOOD repttesenta a unique oppoxtuni.ty 6o4 the <br /> people 06 Orange County; a vety wotthy addition to this community. <br /> Reapec tgu ty submitted; <br /> 47e*-7,Lc_4. "c. ,'L�� <br /> Spence. M Vic/Liman <br />