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WĀV

Working Artists Ventura

WĀV is the first sustainable arts community in the world. The Working Artists Ventura (WĀV) project is a state-of-the-art, sustainable village designed for artists and creative businesses. Located in the cultural district of downtown Ventura, California, WĀV provides affordable living and working space for over one hundred artists of every kind; painters, sculptors, dancers, poets, musicians, filmmakers and more. The WĀV Theater Gallery offers performances, art openings and public gatherings. Arts-friendly small businesses that are coming soon include coffee houses, galleries, cafes, wine bars and jazz clubs that will draw foot traffic and contribute to the vitality of the neighborhood.

With the community involved in every phase of development, the WĀV project is filled with diverse, mixed-income families and individuals. Supportive Housing provides homes and services to those at the lowest end of the income scale. Solar-powered, ocean-view condominiums that come with a hybrid car bring higher income households to the community and help to cross-capitalize the affordable components. The entire community is designed and built to the highest standards of green building technology (seeking LEED Gold Award), including recycled building materials, car sharing, water and energy conservation, and renewable power from the sun.

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