Executive Summary

NewTown is an innovative means of solving a number of very serious and seemingly intractable social problems including stress, poverty, boredom among teen-agers, workplace dissatisfaction and anger, the inability of corporations to meet the needs of changing markets, and environmental degradation. The NewTown concept uses an open systems approach where individuals, groups, and projects differentiate themselves to create environments where “birds of a feather” find each other and ”flock together”.

Since we begin with a culture that values consumerism, we begin with the office and retail space and allow the rest of the project to be build around the NewTown Mall.

Newtown achieves self-sustainability by utilizing permaculture design concepts and by producing goods and services for consumption within the community and trade with other communities to obtain those goods and services not currently produced.

NewTown has a strong positive impact on individuals and society at large because its infrastructure is designed to maximize conviviality, human interaction, shared facilities, common walkways, and open space. The use of bicycles, walking and ride-sharing is encouraged. This lessens environmental impact by reducing dependence on automobiles.

NewTown serves individuals by providing an opportunity for life in a fully integrated environment. It serves business and commercial communities by providing highly committed employees and stakeholders.

Building NewTown requires collaborative efforts by contractors, developers, co-housing experts, and many others. NewTown requires people with experience, vision, and commitment who can build political and financial support for the project in order to create the new American dream.

Business focus of NewTown:
1. Mixed-use (residential, commercial and light industrial) real estate development
2. Business Incubator for the development of democratic worker-owned businesses
3. Educational facilities (accredited university)
4. Medical facilities (integrative teaching hospital and “emotional hospital.”