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The Center at Lolia Place Ecovillage Information Packet for Owners The Land and Location The Lolia Place neighborhood is located at mile 16 on Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Road, otherwise known colloquially as the "Red Road" or Old Government Road as well as State Highway 137. The retreat center is located at lot #6 at the top of the Lolia Place subdivision. Robert Silber purchased the original 25 acre farm in 2013 and subdivided it in 2014. It is County of Hawaii Tax Map Key 3-1-3-2-140 and the address is 13-2060 Lolia Place, Pahoa HI 96778. The ecovillage neighborhood was previously a farm growing macadamia nuts, avocado, mangos and other fruits from approximately 1960-1990. The land is 120 feet in elevation above sea level and approximately 1500 feet from the ocean on the southeast coast of the Puna district. In addition to the 8+acre lot#6, there are another eleven privately-held lots (2-6 acres in size) in the gated and fenced Lolia Place neighborhood for a total of 12 lots over 40+ acres in the neighborhood. It is located within a quiet, off-grid neighborhood with some homes on both the makai (ocean) and mauka (mountain) side of the road. It is a 20 minute drive to the nearest town of Pahoa and 45 minutes to Hilo Airport; Hilo is the main city on the island. Lolia Place is 2 '/ hours from Kona Airport. Our Mission: To create a healthy and pioneering residential community with a teaching center focused on modeling best-practice approaches to personal development and planetary health focusing on: Yoga, Meditation, Conscious Sensuality, Aquatic Therapies, Permaculture, and more. The center is currently leased to Hawaii Eco Retreat, LLC which is owned by Olympian Ali Williams. See https://www.HawaiiEcoRetreat.com Our Values: Self-responsibility, Integrity, Empowered direct communication, Sobriety/Consciousness, Learning and Growth, Ecological Wisdom, Body/Pleasure Positive, Peace, Social Equity and Empowerment, Racial/Ethnic Diversity/Healing, Compassion and Love, Spiritual Development, Self-Reliance and Cooperation. See the 10 agreements of Hawaii Eco Retreat for more in-depth discussion of our values. https-//www.hawaiiecoretreat.com/communityagreements Our Vision: We continue to integrate a residential community with a retreat/training center. Investment from the owners is funding the creation of the community center, which has high-quality, code-approved infrastructure. We lease the community center