Future eJ

The long work: housing, gardens and a place to rest

These are multi-year commitments, not campaigns. We publish the phase each project is actually in — including the slow ones — so you always know where things stand.

A refurbished brick multifamily building with landscaping and garden beds

Better Housing

Buildings people are proud to come home to.

Acquire multifamily properties, refurbish them properly, and create safe, attractive living environments that make the whole block stronger.

Current Phase

  1. Idea
  2. Planning
  3. Fundraising
  4. Acquisition
  5. Building
  6. Open

Goals

  • Identify and evaluate candidate multifamily properties
  • Refurbish units to a standard we would live in ourselves
  • Keep rents workable for existing neighbors
  • Design shared outdoor space into every property

Ways to help

  • Tell us about property or land opportunities
  • Contribute construction, legal or design services
  • Give toward the housing initiative

Latest updates

  • May 1, 2026

    Property criteria published

    We finalized the evaluation checklist we will use on every candidate building.

  • March 14, 2026

    Neighborhood listening sessions

    Three sessions with residents on what makes a building feel like home.

Neighbors tending raised beds in a community garden

Community Gardens

Unused land, turned into something that feeds people.

Turn available and neglected land into thriving gardens for food, education, gathering and connection between neighbors who would otherwise never meet.

Current Phase

  1. Idea
  2. Planning
  3. Fundraising
  4. Acquisition
  5. Building
  6. Open

Goals

  • Bring the first garden to full production
  • Run a seasonal youth growing program
  • Add two additional plots within the year

Ways to help

  • Volunteer on a build day
  • Donate tools, soil or lumber
  • Sponsor a growing season

Latest updates

  • April 22, 2026

    First beds planted

    Twelve raised beds built and planted by forty volunteers.

A quiet meadow with trees and a small cabin at golden hour

Mental Health Retreat

Land, quiet, and room to recover.

A long-term vision for a private wellness and mental-health retreat on nature-filled land, designed for restoration, programming, healing and growth.

Current Phase

  1. Idea
  2. Planning
  3. Fundraising
  4. Acquisition
  5. Building
  6. Open

Goals

  • Identify suitable private land
  • Design programming with licensed clinicians
  • Build a funding model that keeps access wide

Ways to help

  • Introduce us to land owners or sellers
  • Advise on clinical program design
  • Give toward the retreat fund

Latest updates

  • February 8, 2026

    Vision document drafted

    First written framework for programming and land requirements.