Selection Timeline

Rebuilding the Garden of Eden: The Garden Project

Site Selection Timeline

August 2010

Summer Quarterly Garden newsletter announces the launching of a 9 month site selection process culminating with an announcement of the selected site at IC'11

September 2010

1) Update and expand the website to include information about the site selection process and a blog page where people can post comments and suggestions.

2) Create a Fund Raising Task Force, an Economic Sustainability Task Force and a Land Use Task Force to assist in planning.

October 2010

1) Fall Quarterly newsletter solicits suggestions for proposed properties and establishes a general set of guidelines for potential sites.

2) Garden Council contacts UB affiliated organizations to inform them of the site selection process and invite their input regarding proposed locations and site selection criteria

January 2011

Garden Councilors will develop a plan for fair and appropriate shared governance among all stakeholders in the Garden. The plan will provide for a collaborative agreement between cooperating entities to remain autonomous while sharing land, buildings and infrastructure.

February 2011

The Garden Council will choose the top site proposals from the suggestions received and create an audio-visual survey which will appear on the website and be mass emailed to members of the Urantia community.

March 2011

The Winter Quarterly newsletter with survey attached asks community members to choose their top 3 favorite sites for a Garden, ranking them and explaining their preferences.

May 2011

1) The Garden Council will compile a report of the data received in the survey to share with other organizations and inform decisions about site selection. Each site will be rated for potential environmental sustainability and economic sustainability.

2) An exploratory meeting with representatives of interested UB affiliated organizations will be convened in collaboration with Urantia University. The meeting will be held on May 21, 2011, in the Denver area. At the meeting, the group will review survey results and the preferences of Urantia community members and balance those with the needs of organizations. The group will seek concensus on a site.

June 2011

If no concensus was reached, the Garden Council will consider survey results and the perspectives of other organizations and make a final decision about where to locate the Garden.

An impressive audio-visual powerpoint of the site selected will be created to convey a dynamic vision of a financially viable and environmentally sustainable Garden and potential Urantia center.

July 2011

At our presentation at IC'11 in Salt Lake City, the Garden Councilors will announce the site selected, present the powerpoint and launch a community wide fund raising drive.