New Ecology Conducts Non-Profit Visioning Workshop
By Michelle Moran, Senior Associate, Joshua Galloway, Director of Green Building Services, and Lisa Reed, Project Manager
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation is a family-run, national organization that promotes the development of contemporary art, community clean energy and climate resiliency innovations, and advancing ways for those with learning differences to succeed. The Foundation recently acquired a 1750s farmhouse in Madison, Connecticut, that was the home of Emily Hall and Burton G. Tremaine II. During its time on the property, the Foundation collaborated with modernist architect Philip Johnson on renovations and additions to the site and buildings.
The Tremaine Foundation asked New Ecology to facilitate a visioning workshop to help align support for the Madison community and the Foundation’s mission and values within the context of sustainability. Over two days, New Ecology Director of Green Building Services Joshua Galloway and Project Manager Lisa Reed worked with members of the Tremaine Foundation, Tremaine family, and subject matter experts.
The workshop included interactive activities and large and small group discussions to identify and explore new visions for the property. As part of the group process, New Ecology developed a vision map to build relationships between participants’ ideas within the context of the property.
The Foundation is committed to a historic and sustainable renovation of the existing property while designing new structures and landscapes as a model of sustainable development. Opportunity for preserving the experiential learning legacy of the property will be furthered with partnerships with workforce development programs, potential on-site incubator space and convening spaces dedicated to education.