Build
something
you live in.
Chez 600 is not a business asking for investors. It is a village asking for builders. Every dollar raised here constructs something the founding community will actually use — and use for life.
The question is not what membership costs. The question is what it replaces. A gym. A wine club. A pottery studio. A creative space. A book club that actually meets. Chez 600 at $300/month replaces $400–800/month in memberships most people have been meaning to join — and delivers something none of them offer alone.
A community where you belong.
"Chez 600 replaces $400–800/month in memberships — and delivers something none of them offer alone."
The $340,000 build.
One permanent community.
| What We Are Building | Investment |
|---|---|
| House refurbishment — the 1900 structure | $50,000 |
| Bathhouse — 4 bathroom stalls + 4 showers (ADU service facilities) | $25,000 |
| Kitchen extension | $15,000 |
| 4 ADU retreat rooms — $25,000 each | $100,000 |
| Movement studio (heated concrete floor) + Art Loft (window wells, natural light) | $150,000 |
| Total Capital Campaign | $340,000 |
The founder brings a $325,000 asset with $150,000 remaining mortgage — representing $175,000 in committed equity. This is not a request to fund a dream from nothing. It is an invitation to build on a foundation that already exists. The land, the house, and the bones of everything that follows are already here.
A Hot House Hammam.
Frosted glass, tile work, heated stone, and plants — a humid room in a Minnesota winter that makes the house a four-season home, not a three-season one. The Hammam is part of what comes next, after the founding circle is complete. Founders shape its design, its programming, its place in the rhythm. Being part of the founding circle is being part of the conversation that decides what the house becomes.
Eight corners.
The whole picture of being human.
Most third spaces hold one or two dimensions of a person. Chez 600 is built to hold eight — including the mystical and inner-life modes most modern institutions dismiss. Each corner is held by craft. Each is part of the rhythm.
Bodyworkers, therapists, somatic practitioners, movement teachers.
Astrologers, tarot readers, energy workers, contemplative practitioners.
Teachers, facilitators, mediators.
Fermenters, bread makers, chef-collaborators. The long table.
Builders, potters, painters, preservation craftspeople.
Writers, poets, storytellers, editors, readers.
Musicians, DJs, sound practitioners, ritual leaders, conversationalists.
Master gardeners, herbalists, foragers, biodynamic practitioners.
Body, Spirit, Mind — the trinity of selfhood. Hearth — the pivot, where interior becomes communal. Hand, Word, Voice — the three crafts of community. Earth — the ground beneath it all.
Three ways
into the founding circle.
Capital alone is not sufficient. This community is built on what people contribute to it, not only what they pay into it.
Capital. Real money that funds the construction of the spaces, the systems, the bones of everything that follows. A founding pledge is the act that brings the house into being.
Founders may pledge at the upper range to keep the founding circle smaller — fewer voices, deeper investment. Once the founding circle closes, it does not reopen. New members enter through Builders or Circle from then on.
- Seat on the Board of Directors — for life
- Voice in admissions, governance, programming, capital allocation
- Naming input on the build
- Permanent founding designation
- ADU priority access
- All 7 days of access, excluding scheduled retreats
By conversation. We'll be in touch within the week.
Bodyworkers, therapists, gardeners, writers, poets, makers, teachers — practitioners whose craft holds a corner of the house. Being a Builder is not a title. It is a role. Your craft has a place in the rhythm — and you fill it.
Some crafts are professional services (therapists, bodyworkers, astrologers) — offered as paid sessions through Chez 600 with a 20% house share. Some crafts are the rhythm itself (gardeners, fermenters, musicians, poets) — your craft IS the membership experience, no per-session fee, in-kind path applies.
- Cornerstone designation — permanent
- Curatorial voice over programming
- Practitioner space at structured hours
- The membership as your built-in community (not your captive market)
- 20% house share on professional sessions
- Mon/Wed/Fri or Tue/Thu/Sat rhythm — plus Friday Flow + Sundays
- Your craft, brought actively and ongoingly
- A cadence of contribution to the community
- Discretion. No hard selling. Your craft is shared, not sold.
Admission by application + Board review. Cornerstone members are not promised exclusivity or guaranteed clientele — what we offer is standing, voice, and the chance to shape a place worth being part of.
The members who sustain operations and bring the house to life every week. Your presence, your participation, your referrals — this is what a third space is built on. The Circle is the community a civic institution requires to be a community.
- Full access to all eight corners
- Weekly programming — Family Meal, Wednesday Wine, Friday Flow, Saturday Creations
- Member garden plot for the season
- Seasonal anchor dinners — equinoxes & solstices
- Permanent founding designation
- Mon/Wed or Tue/Thu rhythm — plus Friday Flow + Sundays
Founding-phase Circle seats are Founder-curated to seed the community right. After the founding circle is complete, admission is by member sponsorship (fast-track) or full application review.
The schedule is the cap.
Membership tier determines which days are yours. The house stays intimate by design — never by enforcement at the door. Builders choose a rhythm. Circle members choose a rhythm. Founders are here every day. Friday Flow (5–10 pm) and Sundays belong to everyone.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Builders — Rhythm A | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Builders — Rhythm B | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | Flow | ✓ | ✓ |
| Circle — Rhythm A | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | Flow | — | ✓ |
| Circle — Rhythm B | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | Flow | — | ✓ |
Members choose a rhythm at onboarding — first members get full choice, later joiners fill the gaps to keep the cohort balanced. Rhythm is fixed for the year; swap on request. Friday Flow (5–10 pm) — the DJ'd movement evening — and Sundays are open to every member regardless of rhythm. These are the two communal pulses of the week, one at each end of the day. Founders may, on occasion, schedule private retreat days — these are announced via Hazel at least 30 days in advance.
Membership alone covers all debt.
Everything else builds the reserve.
Existing mortgage: $150,000 at current rates over 20 years ≈ $1,160/month. Membership revenue alone covers debt service more than 7× over. ADU, retreat, practitioner, and event revenue funds operations and grows the reserve.
The weekly rhythm.
Members may bring one guest per day (outside retreats). A $20 cover applies — it filters for people who intend to show up.