Harbin Hot Springs, California
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July/August 1984
By the Mother Earth News editors
We now number 80 adults and expect to expand to an eventual population of 300 to 500 at any one time (including students, visitors, and conference participants). And, of course, since people living together tend to propagate, the present number of 12 children will surely increase. Our 1,006 acres is a lot of land to grow on, but we don't want to become too crowded. In order to avoid that problem, we have devised a master plan—approved by the county—that calls for future construction of only about 60 more residences and buildings.
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But that's not all! Our further ambition is to expand way beyond the Harbin Hot Springs property and its community, creating centers in other locations that will all interact with one another. Compared with other communities, we're unique in having attracted a variety of people with differing interests, backgrounds, and lifestyles. Our members find such diversity nourishing and feel that a proliferation of communities is organic to our purpose.
Then too, there are tremendous opportunities for linkages among New Age or alternative culture institutions and groups, which can easily develop into an alternative econo my—one that fosters the key aspects of life: health, growth, and spirituality promoted by a holistic perspective. Harbin Hot Springs is our vehicle for launching this effort, so we're endeavoring to accumulate talent and energy well beyond the ordinary needs of a single community.
To reach us, write the Harbin Hot Springs Community, P.O. Box 82, Middletown, CA 95461.
EDITOR'S NOTE: In our next issue, we'll share reports from three very different types of intentional communities: The Stelle Group, which is building a "model" city 90 miles south of Chicago... Roanoke of God, a Christian commune that offers help to hundreds of life's unfortunates... and The International Emis sary Community, which operates several large communities and communal houses around the world.
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