IS THIS REAL?
HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?
HOW SAD IT IS THAT THIS HAS
BECOME UNUSUAL.
>> Reporter: SERENDE WITH ITS
300 HOMES AND 30 BUSINESSES IS
AN EXPERIMENT IN NEW URBANISM, A
NEW MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT
BLENDING CONSERVATION WITH URBAN
CONVENIENCE.
WHERE DID THIS WHOLE IDEA COME
FROM?
>> THIS IS A REACTION TO URBAN
SPRAWL, ACTUALLY.
>> Reporter: THIS EXISTS ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF ATLANTA.
>> WE WERE ON A RUN IN EARLY
2000.
AS WE CAME OVER THE SMALL HILL
THERE WAS A BULLDOZER CLEARING
THE FOREST NEXT TO US.
HE SAID, WE'VE BEEN HIRED TO
CLEAR THE TREES.
I GUESS THEY'RE PUTTING HOUSES
HERE.
THAT'S WHAT ALWAYS HAPPENS.
>> Reporter: SO STEVE SET OUT ON
A MISSION.
>> THIS IS THE BULLDOZER MOMENT.
>> Reporter: YOU SAW YOUR LIFE
CHANGING HERE IF YOU DIDN'T DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT?
>> EXACTLY.
THIS IS PART OF OUR 700 ACRES OF
GREEN SPACE.
WHEN MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE LIVING
HERE 100 YEARS FROM NOW, THIS
WILL BE HERE.
>> Reporter: THIS BECAME AN
AMBITIOUS EFFORT TO DEVELOP
DIFFERENTLY.
>> THERE WAS NO PERCEPTIONS THAT
WE WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING IN
THE WOODS THAT WOULD BECOME A
MODEL FOR HOW WE CAN DISRUPT THE
WAY WE BUILD PLACES.
>> Reporter: BY REPLACING
PRIVATE YARDS WITH SHARED
FORESTS AND CLUSTERING HOMES
TOGETHER.
THIS DISTURBS MORE THAN 60% LESS
LAND THAN CONVENTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT WHILE PROVIDING 25%
MORE HOMES.
>> Reporter: I HAVEN'T SEEN A
SINGLE CAR.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ON BLACKTOP.
I'VE BEEN HEARING THE SOUNDS OF
NATURE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE
UP AGAINST SOME HOMES.
THE WINDING PATHS REVEAL ITS
UNIQUE DESIGN.
NOW WE'RE BACK IN CIVILIZATION.
>> YEAH, CIVILIZATION AND HEADED
TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE.
OFTEN WE THINK WE HAVE TO CHOOSE
LIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
COUNTRY OR LIVING IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE CITY, SO IMPORTANT TO US
THAT YOU CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF BOTH.
>> RIGHT.
>> CHEERS.
>> Reporter: CAPPUCCINO AND YOGA
CLASSES ARE A STONE'S THROW FROM
HAY RIDES AND A 25 ACRE FARM.
>> WE NEED TO BE CLOSER TO THE
FOOD AND WHO'S GROWING IT.
>> Reporter: THE LANDSCAPE IS
ENTICING.
>> 70% OF WHAT WE PLANTED IS
EDIBLE.
>> Reporter: AND THE SCENERY
TRANSPORTED.
>> I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A GERMAN
COURTYARD OF SOME KIND.
BUT IN THE END THE PURPOSE IS
THE PEOPLE.
>> I HAVE DESCRIBED BEFORE TO
FRIENDS THAT IN OUR FORMER LIFE
WE WERE MORE HUMAN DOINGS WHERE
IT WAS DO, DO, DO, GO, GO, GO,
IN THE CAR.
HERE WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS.
>> WALKING IN THE WOODS AND
GETTING LOST IN THE WOODS THAT I
HAVEN'T DONE SINCE I WAS A
LITTLE GIRL.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE
MISSING BECAUSE THERE WASN'T
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
>> Reporter: THE NIGRENS HOPE
THERE WILL BE MORE PLACES LIKE
THIS, THAT SERENDE WILL INSPIRE
OTHERS.
>> OUR HOPE IS THAT THE WAY
WE'RE LIVING HERE IS THE WAY
EVERYBODY CAN LIVE EVERYWHERE
AND IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT
OF THOUGHT AND INTENTION.
>>> MANY MORSE I WALK OUT OUR
FRONT DOOR AND I LOOK AT THIS
VILLAGE IN THE WOODS AND I
THINK, I WAS CRAZY.
HOW COULD I HAVE EVER POSSIBLY
IMAGINED THAT WE COULD PULL THIS
OFF?
AND HERE WE ARE.
>> WHEN ARE YOU MOVING DOWN?
>> I'M OBSESSED WITH THIS PLACE.
THERE ISN'T ANOTHER SERENDE
PLANNED BUT THEY'RE HOPING THAT
THEY'VE PROVEN THIS IS A VIABLE
MODEL THEY CAN TEACH PEOPLE HOW
TO BUILD LIKE THIS.
>> I LOVED IT.
>> COMING UP NEXT ON "SUNDAY
TODAY."
>> IT'S THE ABILITY TO LIFT
YOURSELF UP ABOVE THE EARTH'S
SURFACE, BREAK THE BONDS OF
GRAVITY AND KISS THE SKY.
>> WE'LL GO OUT FOR A SUNDAY
WIND WALK.
WELL, SHE WILL ANYWAY.
ONE OF THE LAST OF A DIEING
BREED OF DARE DEVILS.
>>> AND A LIFE WELL LIVED.
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