First update from the Lakefront Project

And we’re live with newsletter updates! 🥳

First off, to all of you that have sent in your interest to be part of the project, thank you and we apologize that we have only been able to go through and respond to a small fraction of the many hundreds of people from all over the world. We are overwhelmingly thrilled about all the response to this project!

We are now since two weeks back a small core team of initiators where most of us are living at the property and working on creating the foundations for the space and project. Current members are Harry McNeil, Cecilia Sevillano, Philip Jonzon Jarl, and Helen Tsim. We also have with us Karl Steyaert and Ivo Mensch as residents and key contributors in this very early phase.

Here’s what has happened so far:

• Our interior designer Kristin has been doing a tremendous job with fixing up the physical spaces with beautiful furniture and decorations.

• A small group of people have moved in, devoted to building the foundations and structures of the community.

• We hosted visiting guests over the week of the IDG summit, as well as held five workshops and events on the property, having more than 300 people here from 60 different countries.

• We started living life together as a small, co-created community with cooking dinners, shared morning meditations and regular activities such as e.g. Qi Gong and Circling.

Now, we’re focusing on setting the foundational framework for the space and program, defining more in detail our theory of change and exactly how this space can be of best service to humanity and our planet, while in parallell still solving a lot of practical things, with renovations commencing soon.

We have also started an instagram account with more visual updates:

The timeline going forward:

1. Winter: A few more additional early co-creators will be invited to come in over the winter to help set the very foundations of this space. Renovations of flooring and walls will begin in phases.

2. Spring: We will slowly and carefully start the community over the spring with an additional 20 residents or so.

3. Summer: The space will be officially ready to launch end of the summer with the first cohort coming in.

4. Fall: We slowly continue to fill up the space with the aim of being at full capacity towards the end of 2025, or early 2026.

It is our intention to use this newsletter format to send a couple of updates per month to let you know what’s happening, for you to follow the progress and invite you to be part of the creation!

Much love,

From all of the initiators and early co-creators