Was there more information provided this weekend?
They sent an email only Thursday night about the event, so not everyone made it.
They had between 50-60 participants plus a few on zoom, and they claimed they have more people who already gave deposits but couldn't make it. One of the ladies told DW that she knows five people who already put down deposits and didn't make it, so I guess it was true.
While I thought only confirmed deposits will be attending, I did learn that some of them did not and are just very interested, I don't mind that they allowed unconfirmed families to attend, but it did bother me a bit, as I want to see people who are at the step of making the move and not just extremely interested.
Besides the Tausig family, they had one family who already signed a contract on Friday morning and another family who already chose their lot and are signing a contract this week.
Its hard to define the crowd on a public forum, what's too frum for one, may be too modern for another, but Ill try to get out of my box
I'm not an extrovert; hence I didn't chat with everyone, but from my first impressions, I think its fair to say that its a pretty diverse community. I would label most as Normal center chasidish families, a few a drop more to the right and a few a drop more to the left, but no one that we would call "very farfrimt" or the opposite. With this said, I think it's a normal healthy, diverse crowd, and this is exactly what you need if you want it to flourish.
I understand that the whole development, which is almost 700 homes, will be reserved for the community if they receive 70 contracts by Jan 2021.
They have another property ready for another development just 1-2 miles away.
As mentioned above, the largest home is 2600Sf plus 400Sf in the garage. I would also love to have it a bit bigger, but this is what they have now, and also, D.R. Horton would not customize anything for you, it's a take it or leave it. However, they will add plumbing in the kitchen, so converting it to 2 separate sinks and faucets will only be another $700-800 once you closed.
The good thing is that it's all-inclusive, and you get all appliance and even Window shades.
I'll try to attach some pictures and pricing, add another 30K, which will go for Shul, Mikvah, and all Schools, then another 2K-22K for the property depending on your lot (Simply put, they charge more for better lots that are larger or more private etc.)
There is a big 10-acre property right outside of the community (you can see it in the Aerial view pic), and they already signed contract on it, that's going for a Shopping center and all schools and yeshivos etc.
I think that adding 30K is fair for now, but I wonder where this money will go if they are successful and fill everything up. I would love to hear an explanation on this.
For School, they hired Rabbi Klein from Bais Sarah, he is not moving out, but he will be on top of it and hire the staff.
While Rabbi Tausig will open the first shul, his dream is to have another shul for every 100 homes.
He also mentioned that you could purchase a property or home outside of the community and build your own home, but he does want 30K if you're going to be part and benefit from all amenities and services.
They also spoke about the school choice/Student Scholarship program and employment opportunities.
I think this pretty much sums it up. All in all, most of the crowd seemed very enthusiastic and excited; Hashem is the only one who knows what will happen with this project.
Feel free to ask questions, but remember, I'm not representing the Taussig's here; hence, I may not be able to answer all of your questions.