Bryn Gweled, Pennsylvania
Intentional Community in Pennsylvania, United States
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Bryn Gweled is a small community in Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Described as an "intentionally cooperative community", Bryn Gweled Homesteads consists of 78 privately owned homes on 240 acres (0.97 km2) of collectively owned and managed land as well as a community center.
The self-governing community was founded in 1940 by thirteen mostly Quaker families from the Philadelphia area. The name of the community means "Hill of Vision" in Welsh. The community maintains its founders' vision of collective responsibility, modified consensus-style management, and racial diversity, and has been cited as an example of community-based decision-making in action.
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