Local Food & Agriculture
Buy together directly from local farms and producers, while exploring gardens, greenhouses and other neighborhood food production.
The Poquonnock Bridge Project
LET'S BUY TOGETHER.
Starting with local food. Building toward something much bigger.
We are bringing neighbors together to see what happens when a community combines its purchasing power, lowering costs for residents while creating larger, more predictable demand for local farms and businesses.
I'M INTERESTED - KEEP ME INFORMEDWhat Are We Trying to Build?
Energy Independence
Explore solar generation, efficient homes, thermal-energy storage and other technologies that reduce the energy households need to purchase.
Better, Less Expensive Housing
Explore prefabricated construction, advanced concrete systems and technologies that can reduce construction time and cost.
The Power of Buying Together
Food is the beginning. When enough households need the same product or service, we can approach suppliers as a group.
One household has limited purchasing power.
A neighborhood has leverage.
A neighborhood has leverage.
Poquonnock Bridge as a Real-World Demonstration Community
Some ideas can begin immediately. Others need engineering, testing and improvement. We want to work with farms, businesses, engineers, manufacturers, utilities, financial institutions and technology companies to test promising ideas here in Poquonnock Bridge. When something works, we measure it. When broader adoption can lower its cost, we organize that adoption. And when an idea proves successful, we want other communities to be able to reproduce it.
Founding Community Partner
Two Sisters Shipping & Business CenterGroton, Connecticut
Supporting our first neighborhood mailing with discounted mailing services.
Future Founding Partners
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This Is Our Neighborhood. Let's Build It Together.
Join the Project and we'll keep you informed about neighborhood purchasing opportunities, projects and ways to participate.