Creative Living Community of CT’s (CLCC) mission is to create a shared, inclusive living experience for individuals with and without developmental disabilities, in a farm community, by focusing upon the gifts of all in mutually rewarding relationships. A shared community is a key element in our vision where residents, neighbors, and program participants interact by living together, working together, and socializing together to eliminate isolation, promote relationships, economic independence, and cultural enrichment.

CLCC continues to make incredible strides in ensuring this community becomes a reality. Our farm, greenhouse and farmstand provides meaningful vocational opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities.  This season we will continue to increase our hiring of neurodiverse adults to work for CLCC! Last year, thanks to your generosity, CLCC hired thirteen neurodiverse adults to work in the greenhouse and farmstand!  This provided each employee with transferable job skills and the confidence to interact with the public! In addition to our expanding vocational opportunities, we are proud to offer recreation, respite, and social activities as well.

CLCC is strongly committed to building an inclusive residential neighborhood and providing programs that increase job skills and social interactions for neurodiverse adults. Thanks to your generosity CLCC has made great progress in defining our critical path forward with the Pocket Neighborhood through the guidance of our consultant, Eric Busch of Peregrine Group.

As the next step in a multi-phased project, the intent is to now construct an apartment community by building rental villas and rental townhomes around a common lawn and shared green spaces within the larger context of the farm property. Consistent with CLCC’s mission, the proposed residential community will include integrated housing with roughly twenty-five percent of the residents anticipated to be neurodiverse adults ages 21 and older who have diagnosed autism or other intellectual or developmental disability. The balance of the residents will be individuals, couples and families without disabilities who are accepting to be supportive intentional neighbors to the adult neurodiverse residents.

If CLCC is able to raise $30,000 through the Birdies for Charity Campaign in 2025, then one of our donors has generously offered to match that amount!  Plus the total amount raised will be matched by the Birdies for Charities program with 15%!