The village will cover about 50 hectares of land with buildings, paved streets and plazas, but few parks. Instead of patches of greenspace within the village, just outside of the village walls, approximately 150 hectares will be set aside as a greenbelt, with no residences. At the front gate this land will not be green but be the location of the motorpool, freight depot and industrial park, since this will be where the state or regional highway ends.
The industrial park will function like any normal park. Truck (and rail - if available) access will be provided, and space will be sold in the open market. It is expected that villagers will establish businesses, including light manufacturing and employ workers who live in the village.
The village gate and walls are not intended to imply a guarded, gated community, but to set a clear demarcation between urban development and the greenbelt, and to make it clear that once built, the village will neither expand nor sprawl. If more people want to live in the village, build another one no less than 16 KM down the road. The walls will enclose the village and be designed to be high enough so that village pets do not become hunters in the greenbelt. It will also provide some control so that wandering young children stay in the inhabited areas, and elders who develop senility do not wander off into dangerous areas. The village gate will be a formal place of greeting and transition, not a guard house. It will probably have an arched entrance in accordance with timeless patterns.
The rest of the greenbelt will be green. It will combine many outdoor activities.
- Festival
Field and Sports Fields - Probably adjoining the motorpool, since visitors and trucks may access these fields, grounds for festivals and sports events will be set out. The sports fields would also be used by the village schools for sports, rather than reserve fields solely for their use, and during school hours they would be expected to have priority. - Equestrian Fields - Horse riding is a popular form of recreation that proves especially valuable for a sector of youth - witness the Pony Clubs. Land would be set aside both for riding and grazing, and it may be expected that the local village schools would include an equestrian component.
- Open Fields, Fields of Flowers - Some of the greenbelt should be reserved for romance, places to run among deep grasses or wildflowers, not tame, but not a jungle of weeds either.
- Cemetery and Flower Gardens - A village needs a cemetery, but some people may not feel comfortable with it just outside their door, if their home is along the village wall. Place a rose garden or other cutting flower garden between it and the village wall.
- Native and Wild Forest - This is an area reserved for nature, and culled of exotic or imported plants. In the ideal village, this will already be an existing stand of timber to be preserved. If not, it should be planted.
- Villagers' Gardens - Some people want their own gardens, for food and plants they grow. Some of the greenbelt would be set aside, and would have garden sheds for tools and storage.
- Alcohol Production Fields - Sewage is a valuable asset, full of nutrients to be used to grow plants or feed fish. This part of the greenbelt is reserved for this closed loop, complex system that takes surplus assets, such as sewage, grows plants and fish stock, from which various commodities are manufactured, including alcohol for fuel, fertiliser and other products
- Timber for Production - Furniture and other high-value goods may be manufactured locally. The village will set aside greenbelt land for growing such stock.
