Did you ever wish you had a big rambling house on a pond with fruit trees and gardens – a place you knew and loved and could always return to? Do you fondly remember family gatherings or grad school dinners with great food and stimulating conversation? Are you interested in reducing your living costs and your carbon footprint? Do you want to “age in place?” Do you enjoy living around people who are older or younger than you are? A group of us had these ideas. We hoped someday to move to that big house in the country and live there with some of our friends and their families. After years of dreaming we have taken these dreams and are making them reality (though we will have individual private spaces – not just the big house). We hope you’ll join us.

We purchased 120 acres on Post Pond in Lyme, NH. The property has an old cape, a barn and even a clay tennis court. We have a long established hospitality business with 21 rustic cabins with fireplaces and guests that include families who have been coming to Loch Lyme decade after decade. Some in the Pinnacle group have known each other since college days while others met as we lived here in the Upper Valley. Some in the group were guests at Loch Lyme Lodge for many years and wanted to make the Lodge their own.

We are now 24 adults– some are couples, some are single, some have children at home, some have grown children and some have no kids. We work as lawyers, professors, therapists, computer people, scientists and doctors. Some do fund-raising and some work in the world of food. Some are folk singers and actors and writers and directors on the stage. Some are retired. Some of us live here in the Upper Connecticut River Valley and some live farther away, in Massachusetts, Kansas, Maryland, and California. Between us we have people who love gardening, baking, cats, music, cooking, woodworking, dogs, working with clay and other crafts. Some of us practice yoga and some juggle. As part of our planning process we created a vision statement. Members all subscribe to the shared goals of the group.

As part of our planning process we created a Vision Statement listing our essential principles. We have also started with some preliminary designs, and have a couple sketches of what we have in mind.

There was a very nice article about the Pinnacle Project (PDF) in our local newspaper, the Valley News. In addition, if you would like information about the property as it looks now, just go to http://www.lochlymelodge.com.

If you are interested in cohousing generally, you can start with our What is Cohousing? page. If you’d like to talk to us about the Pinnacle Project, send us an email so we can chat or send you more information. Our email is This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it