How to Build a Village Town (The Second Edition)

Village Forum Press and Jackson House Publishing Company, 2010, 239 pages. Plastic on cover beginning to wrinkle in places, otherwise good secondhand condition.

For the last 50 years, we have been building communities for the wrong reason. How to Build a VillageTown proposes to turn real estate development upside down, so that people may regain control of their lives, their communities and their future. Instead of building communities to sell cars, How to Build a VillageTown proposes people build communities that provide for their needs and aspirations... places to live that are places they love. The idea is not new. Over 2,000 years ago, Aristotle wrote that when several villages come together so they may become economically self-supporting, the purpose for their continuance is to enable their citizens to enjoy a good life, understood as the social pursuits of conviviality, citizenship, artistic, intellectual and spiritual growth. The purpose of the series of VillageTown books is to put forth a proposal to build a new, timeless form of community to replace suburbs.