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We are overjoyed to announce the birth of our third son, Benjamin Wesley French. He was born the evening of our country’s 250th birthday, here in Chihuahua, Mexico - where we’re living for three months to serve our church on the mission field. We think he chose to come six days early to make sure we knew his correct citizenship. 😊🇺🇸 (actually holds dual citizenship). Helen’s mom delivered Benjamin in our little home down here. She’s an incredible midwife (and grandma!). Lucas & Ezra are already deep in love with Benjamin, though Ezra especially has to be restrained a bit, for fear that his affection becomes dangerous. I can’t wait to see all three of them one day soon, dressed in matching overalls and boots, just like my older brothers and I were when we were kids. Benjamin means “son of my strength”. Wesley means “from the west field” - in honor of the Wesley brothers, English preachers and authors who helped change the course of Europe and the rest of the world. “Catch yourself on fire with passion, and people will come from miles to watch you burn” -John Wesley

We are overjoyed to announce the birth of our third son, Benjamin Wesley French. He was born the evening of our country’s 250th birthday, here in Chihuahua, Mexico - where we’re living for three months to serve our church on the mission field. We think he chose to come six days early to make sure we knew his correct citizenship. 😊🇺🇸 (actually holds dual citizenship). Helen’s mom delivered Benjamin in our little home down here. She’s an incredible midwife (and grandma!). Lucas & Ezra are already deep in love with Benjamin, though Ezra especially has to be restrained a bit, for fear that his affection becomes dangerous. I can’t wait to see all three of them one day soon, dressed in matching overalls and boots, just like my older brothers and I were when we were kids. Benjamin means “son of my strength”. Wesley means “from the west field” - in honor of the Wesley brothers, English preachers and authors who helped change the course of Europe and the rest of the world. “Catch yourself on fire with passion, and people will come from miles to watch you burn” -John Wesley

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More cars, concrete, and sprawl… NO! I’ve admired serenbe for years, but experiencing it in person blew me away. And the story of how it came to be is pretty epic. Steve Nygren and his family had moved to a little farm in the countryside outside Atlanta when, one morning, he and his daughter saw a bulldozer clearing the woods next door. Serious wake-up call. Atlanta was coming. So Steve started buying the land around him. A few acres led to hundreds, until he realized he couldn’t simply buy enough land to stop sprawl. One thing led to another. Steve helped rally some 500 neighboring landowners across 60,000 acres, engaging a years long process to totally rethink the zoning so that growth could be concentrated into villages while the vast majority of the countryside remained open. And eventually, Serenbe became the experiment that proved the idea could work. The demand for these homes is outrageous. And so are the prices, but that’s simply because of the demand. We don’t have to choose between building and preserving, density and nature, progress and beauty, etc… I hope we go back to our village roots as we contemplate our future city and town building (& restoration!)

More cars, concrete, and sprawl… NO! I’ve admired serenbe for years, but experiencing it in person blew me away. And the story of how it came to be is pretty epic. Steve Nygren and his family had moved to a little farm in the countryside outside Atlanta when, one morning, he and his daughter saw a bulldozer clearing the woods next door. Serious wake-up call. Atlanta was coming. So Steve started buying the land around him. A few acres led to hundreds, until he realized he couldn’t simply buy enough land to stop sprawl. One thing led to another. Steve helped rally some 500 neighboring landowners across 60,000 acres, engaging a years long process to totally rethink the zoning so that growth could be concentrated into villages while the vast majority of the countryside remained open. And eventually, Serenbe became the experiment that proved the idea could work. The demand for these homes is outrageous. And so are the prices, but that’s simply because of the demand. We don’t have to choose between building and preserving, density and nature, progress and beauty, etc… I hope we go back to our village roots as we contemplate our future city and town building (& restoration!)

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Posted this quick little walkthrough on IG, and already at 1 million views in a couple hours. These guys came up to me at Main Street Summit a few days ago. They offered to give me a tour. Wow. I think we’re about to see a huge surge in these types of business models as AI continues to disrupt the economy and makes us reevaluate the meaning of work, and working with our hands. What other crafts and activities could you build a membership experience around? - blacksmithing - garment making - 3d printing - greenhouses - kitchen - pottery a few ideas…

Posted this quick little walkthrough on IG, and already at 1 million views in a couple hours. These guys came up to me at Main Street Summit a few days ago. They offered to give me a tour. Wow. I think we’re about to see a huge surge in these types of business models as AI continues to disrupt the economy and makes us reevaluate the meaning of work, and working with our hands. What other crafts and activities could you build a membership experience around? - blacksmithing - garment making - 3d printing - greenhouses - kitchen - pottery a few ideas…

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This guy is an environmentalist capitalist beauty-first developer. 25 years ago, Steve Nygren heard a bulldozer in his backyard, 45 min south of Atlanta, and started asking a question: Does development have to look like this? That question eventually became serenbe Steve rallied more than 500 landowners around a conservation vision. Serenbe broke ground in 2004, and its first 40 lots sold in six weeks. Today, it spans roughly 2,400 acres, with 800 homes and 1,500 residents - while preserving 70% of the land and clustering development on just 30%. There’s a 25-acre organic farm and more than 20 miles of nature trails woven through the community. He didn’t set out to build a famous community… He started by caring deeply about the place right in front of him, asking whether there was a better way. You don’t need 2,000 acres to begin. Start in your own backyard.

This guy is an environmentalist capitalist beauty-first developer. 25 years ago, Steve Nygren heard a bulldozer in his backyard, 45 min south of Atlanta, and started asking a question: Does development have to look like this? That question eventually became serenbe Steve rallied more than 500 landowners around a conservation vision. Serenbe broke ground in 2004, and its first 40 lots sold in six weeks. Today, it spans roughly 2,400 acres, with 800 homes and 1,500 residents - while preserving 70% of the land and clustering development on just 30%. There’s a 25-acre organic farm and more than 20 miles of nature trails woven through the community. He didn’t set out to build a famous community… He started by caring deeply about the place right in front of him, asking whether there was a better way. You don’t need 2,000 acres to begin. Start in your own backyard.

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It’s here!! Experiential Hospitality Masterclass The complete guide to financing, designing, building, marketing, and automating a boutique experience. Doors open for 1 week only…don’t miss your opportunity!

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My buddy’s homestead. Bees pollinate the orchard & make honey. Orchard feeds the family. Cows turn pasture into food. Chickens eat the bugs (that would otherwise eat the garden). The well & roof provide water. The goats eat the green briar. Can we design more cities like this?

My buddy’s homestead. Bees pollinate the orchard & make honey. Orchard feeds the family. Cows turn pasture into food. Chickens eat the bugs (that would otherwise eat the garden). The well & roof provide water. The goats eat the green briar. Can we design more cities like this?

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Remember the old train car we bought for $3,000 and fully restored into a one-of-a-kind airbnb? What you DON’T know: We also rescued the original depot, boarded up & forgotten in the nearby town, and a rotten caboose we found in the woods 100 miles north. Check it out:

Remember the old train car we bought for $3,000 and fully restored into a one-of-a-kind airbnb? What you DON’T know: We also rescued the original depot, boarded up & forgotten in the nearby town, and a rotten caboose we found in the woods 100 miles north. Check it out:

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Tanner Cummings and his wife Melissa had a dream. ...to build a one-of-a-kind, nature-immersive retreat. And so it was, a year ago, that they found and bought a plot of land with a small waterfall in North Georgia. And now...

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i build what computers and AI can’t here’s one small example:

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