The proposed new community would be comprised of more than 300 acres, which is currently improved with the Seventh Day Adventist Academy, a private high school with various buildings including two dormitories housing approximately 120 students. Much of the property is farm land or unimproved. The Church also owns 120 acres about ΒΌ mile away, further towards Mt. Ellis. And the Church owns a Forest Service lease with renewal rights on a portion of Mt. Ellis currently used as a ski slope for the Church and its Academy.
The essence of the program is for the Church to contribute its property to a developer in exchange for the developer providing sufficient funds for the Church to develop a new Academy. And due to the religious tenets of the Church, they seek a development that is sensitive to the land and nature, and that creates a new town or community with a low-key, traditional character. This requires a creative approach on the part of a conservation-based developer such as Stillwater.
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