But while most people come for a short break, promising to return the following year, many people have decided to stay for good. One such visitor was a Vancouver businesswoman, Kirsty Bourne, who first came to the region on skiing trip.
Kirsty was looking for a place to live with her young family. Vancouver is fine for work, she said " but, like all big cities, it's not a great place to live. I wanted somewhere where everybody knowns everybody else, where your neighbour are also your friends and all your problems are shared. Where parents don't have to worry about their kids when they're playing in the street and you don't need to lock your door at night.
Just over 20 years ago, Kirsty founded Paradise Ridge, a cabin park in the heat of the Columbia Mountain, which is now home to 25 families. Each family owns their own small cabin, but they share ownership of the park and the common facility. This is a real, living community, insists Kirsty, "so residents aren't allow to use their cabins as a holiday home. They can't come here just for their vacations.
The heart of the Paradise Ridge community is a large wooden house that stands at the centre of the 25 cabins. Shared meal take place there 3 time a week and once a month there is a meeting when important decisions are made. Residents mustn't miss these meeting, explain Kirsty, " because it's important that we all shared in the decision-making. The most important decisions usually concern new residents. Families can sell their homes if they want to leave, but the whole community must vote on new families before they are allowed to join.
Keeping the community together is hard word, says Kirsty. " everybody has to lend a helping hand and take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the community. That includes doing repair, looking after the kids, cooking the communal meals or leading one of the monthly meeting, but it seems that there is no shortage of families who want to join. There are more than 70 on the waiting list.
But while most people come for a short break, promising to return the following year, many people have decided to stay for good. One such visitor was a Vancouver businesswoman, Kirsty Bourne, who first came to the region on skiing trip.
Kirsty was looking for a place to live with her young family. Vancouver is fine for work, she said " but, like all big cities, it's not a great place to live. I wanted somewhere where everybody knowns everybody else, where your neighbour are also your friends and all your problems are shared. Where parents don't have to worry about their kids when they're playing in the street and you don't need to lock your door at night.
Just over 20 years ago, Kirsty founded Paradise Ridge, a cabin park in the heat of the Columbia Mountain, which is now home to 25 families. Each family owns their own small cabin, but they share ownership of the park and the common facility. This is a real, living community, insists Kirsty, "so residents aren't allow to use their cabins as a holiday home. They can't come here just for their vacations.
The heart of the Paradise Ridge community is a large wooden house that stands at the centre of the 25 cabins. Shared meal take place there 3 time a week and once a month there is a meeting when important decisions are made. Residents mustn't miss these meeting, explain Kirsty, " because it's important that we all shared in the decision-making. The most important decisions usually concern new residents. Families can sell their homes if they want to leave, but the whole community must vote on new families before they are allowed to join.
Keeping the community together is hard word, says Kirsty. " everybody has to lend a helping hand and take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the community. That includes doing repair, looking after the kids, cooking the communal meals or leading one of the monthly meeting, but it seems that there is no shortage of families who want to join. There are more than 70 on the waiting list.
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