The Village at A New Leaf

Residential Community

Located in Owasso, OK on a 50-acre agrarian site, The Village at A New Leaf is a new community for adults with developmental disabilities and autism run by the non-profit, A New Leaf. Its mission is to provide job training, life skills, and residential services to elevate confident independence and self-sufficiency for these amazing individuals. Most importantly, the Village is a safe and affordable pathway to independence with a multitude of housing options offering consistency of care while maximizing personal choice.

The recently completed Phase I represents 40,970 SF of conditioned building area. As the first of its kind in the region, the Village is a celebration of community. Outside visitors are first welcomed into the Village by the retail center and greenhouse where plant and garden sales support the residents and provide much-needed employment in a market where 85% of adults with disabilities are unemployed.

A New Leaf is all about promoting and fostering connections in the wider community. As such, in addition to the horticultural endeavors on site, residents of the Village are also paired with work in settings outside of the Village to ensure they are well-integrated into the local life and economy. What they come home to is a place of safety and welcome like no other.

Learn more about A New Leaf here.

WELCOME TO THE AGRIHOOD

Designed as an “agrihood” which integrates agriculture into residential living, the community is rooted in horticultural therapy with farming at its heart. Nestled in an extraordinary landscape, cars are secondary to the pedestrian setting which offers an array of interconnected walking paths and trails weaving together recreational areas, gardens, scenic lookouts, ponds, and building amenities. Neighborliness and porch-front life are celebrated as the residential buildings intentionally frame a central 2-acre farming plot.

With housing for 62 clients, Phase I of the Village (completed in November 2022) is now home to:
– Administrative offices
– Horticultural training and retail center with greenhouse
– 8-bedroom community home
– Transition Academy
– Dining hall
– Maintenance barn
– Five residential apartment buildings offering a variety of unit types

Altogether, there are 24 fully accessible units. Among the offerings, the transition academy provides a new experience for young adults to have a two-year comprehensive college-style program. Future phases will include additional residential buildings, a community center, a horse barn, and additional farm plots and greenhouses.

A COMMUNITY-ORIENTED AGRARIAN SETTING

As an environmentally sustainable initiative, the Village links agricultural production and housing while preserving the rural character and conserving as much of the natural habitat as possible. In this way, the Village at A New Leaf is unique in its community-oriented agrarian setting. Unlike other trimmed-lawn campuses, the Village encompasses working farm plots framed by farmhouse architecture. The agrihood teaches sustainability, provides job skills, promotes social gathering, and fosters identity. Local produce is raised and harvested on-site, washed and sorted in the maintenance barn, and sold in the retail building and greenhouse. Residents learn each aspect of cultivation, from planning out the garden beds to helping customers make the right purchase. It is this integrated aspect of life with the land that makes this project uniquely excellent.