Eventually the cooperative disconnected from city sewage in order to recycle all biological wastes for energy, irrigation, and compost. Later they disconnected from city water, having dug a well in each block and installed windmills on them, each with an elevated storage tank to keep the water flowing when winds were still. They organized a food cooperative to buy in bulk. What little trash could not be recycled was compacted and hauled away as it accumulated, allowing them to discontinue city garbage pickup. Most of the housing units are individually owned.
Renters always have the option of becoming owners.
Owners may sell to anyone who accepts the terms of the housing authority on ecological lifestyle and cost of services provided. Now, in 2001, the four-block community has reached what members believe to be optimal size. It is no longer expanding into physical space, though the energies of its people continue to expand into creative ventures in the fields of the arts and sciences and human interaction. The spark of their example has ignited similar housing ventures all over their city, in other cities, and even in other parts of the world. Each one, of course, discovers its own best form as it grows.