Every Friday at Dwellability, we like to highlight community members and their amazing stories of accomplishment…
The intention is to provide a home for adults with special needs, but also to provide a place where the community can engage with them, something I believe will be wonderful.
Naomi Patridge, Former Mayor Half Moon Bay.
Providing community for adults with special needs
We are parents of adult children with special needs who are creating a unique community on the Half Moon Bay coast, providing homes for our children and their peers.
Through Big Wave, local adults with special needs will now be able to live independently, close to family and friends on the coast.
Empowering our residents to reach their full potential
Our residents continue to grow around the Big Wave Farm, a pesticide-free project that sells fresh eggs and produce to Coastside neighborhoods. Working with our land in an ecologically-friendly way is part of our history and demonstrates our love and commitment to the Half Moon Bay coast and its natural resources.
At Big Wave, we care about our community. We see our coastal land as healing and caring, as a place where adults with special needs come to connect and grow.
So much to offer our coastal community
From organizing a local basketball team to growing food on a pesticide-free farm, Big Wave offers community, expertise, and belonging for adults with special needs.
We provide the venue for partnering with organizations that have a proven record of innovative programs. These programs incorporate vocational, residential, and emotional support in a comprehensive and nurturing environment to help each person achieve new skills and confidence, ensuring local families the best chance of success for their adult children.
Big Wave was founded by four local residents and parents of adults with special needs
The Big Wave Project is a local, parent driven nonprofit organization founded in 2000 that helps adults with special needs maximize their full potential by providing services in an environment where they can thrive.
Founders Steve and Jamie Barber and Jeff and Valerie Peck each have a family member with special needs. They are committed to accomplishing two important goals: first, to provide a place for adults with special needs to reach their full potential, and second, to support Coastside businesses by creating local jobs and resources so that Big Wave can be completely self-sustaining.
The Big Wave Community Cooperative
The Big Wave Community Cooperative is in the final planning stages of creating a unique independent living community for adults with developmental disabilities on the Half Moon Bay coast, close to friends and family in the area. It uses a family cooperative housing model. Membership is by invitation only and we are currently soliciting interested parties. We strongly encourage any family interested in becoming a member to participate in Big Wave activities, including volunteering on the Big Wave Farm (once Covid-19 restrictions have passed) or other upcoming activities.
Residents may choose to have their own apartment or share a multi-bedroom apartment with one or more peers. The residents with housemates will share a kitchen and living room. The apartments will be in a safe setting on the second story of the building with communal spaces for shared resident gatherings and social time.
To learn more about Big Wave Project, please click this link: https://www.bigwaveproject.org/
As always, please share this newsletter with your friends and family. Also, visit our main website https://www.dwellability.com/ to learn more about Home Sharing for People with Disabilities…by People with Disabilities.
Cheers!
Jeff