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Molly and Evebell: A Pioneer Friendship

Posted 10/02/2019 in Extraordinary Stories, Inside The Forest at Duke, Remarkable Residents, Spotlight

Today, The Forest at Duke is home to 324 residents and a cozy backdrop for the work of 277 team members. After 27 years, as one can imagine, many changes …

The More Things Change: Kin and Community on the Pickett Farm

Posted 09/12/2019 in Community Partnerships, Extraordinary Stories, Forest History, Inside The Forest at Duke

Today, The Forest at Duke is a fully developed, bustling community with several hundred people on site at any given moment. But if we venture back in time, things were …

Building a Dream: Forest Beginnings

Posted 09/04/2019 in Extraordinary Stories, Forest History, Inside The Forest at Duke

Decades ago, The Forest at Duke was merely a beautiful vision – a dream not yet born into reality. It began in the minds of a group of neighbors in …

Cheryl leads a level 3 yoga class at The Forest

Yoga for Every Body

Posted 08/19/2019 in Inside The Forest at Duke, Programs and Activities, Spotlight, Talented Team Members

In the early 2000s, Cheryl Fenner Brown lived in California, stressed and exhausted by her job as a software trainer. Her position required a lot of travel, and she often …

Transcending the Blah Blah

Posted 07/30/2019 in Inside The Forest at Duke, Programs and Activities, Remarkable Residents, Spotlight

“If you can breathe, you can meditate,” Forest resident Larry Inderbitzin says. He shares this piece of wisdom with attendees at the meditation orientation class he leads on campus. There …