Help Us Raise the Barn!

he sturdy, cheerful 4,000sqft barn at Freetown Farm was constructed in 2009 by the previous farm owner and includes a number of green-building features—but it lacks electricity, plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and all the needed interior finishes. Imagine how much more inviting, inclusive, and impactful Freetown Farm will be with accessible, indoor classrooms, rest rooms, meeting areas, and offices!  

The process of renovating the barn into an accessible, beautiful, and super sustainable Community Engagement Center for CEI is expected to begin this summer! It's incredible that since mid-2019 we have welcomed more than 2,000 people to the farm without any indoor amenities and we are so excited to know that we will be able to better serve our community before cold weather returns! It's fair to say that bringing the barn into its full potential is essential to furthering CEI’s mission of cultivating communities where people and nature thrive together.

In true barn-raising fashion, every contribution makes a meaningful difference for which we are deeply grateful. Those in a position to give at the $500 dollar level and above will have their names displayed in our Gratitude Foyer on a large, vibrant mural created by a local artist. The mural—celebrating community inter-dependence—will depict a native pollinator meadow. Named giving levels are: $500 - Wildflower; $1,000 - Bee; $2,500 - Butterfly; $5,000 - Hummingbird
For individuals, families, organizations or businesses interested in room-naming opportunities starting at $10,000, more information is available here.