Donald working with the kids on a project.
Katja working on a shelter for the family goats.

About Us

The Developers

Donald & Katja Sienkiewicz are residents of Wilton, New Hampshire and parents of four young children, all of whom attend Pine Hill Waldorf School.

Katja is herself a product of the German Waldorf schools, and has a background in residential design & construction, having designed additions and renovations and managed construction projects for Meridian Contracting in Wayland, Massachusetts. She has a strong interest in "green" building design and methods.

Donald is an attorney practicing in Massachusetts and New Hampshire (www.dhslandlaw.com) and an avid outdoorsman. His passion for land conservation is balanced by his desire to design and develop new neighborhoods that encourage walking and transit use, preserve farm and forest land, produce affordable housing for New Hampshire's families, and create conditions in which communities can flourish.

Katja, Donald, and their financial backers have formed a limited liability company, First Light Farm, LLC, which is the official project applicant and development entity.

The Development Team

David Ely, AIA, and Ellen Kambol are the husband-and-wife team behind Windy Hill Associates, of New Boston, New Hampshire, the project architect. David has designed buildings for the Waldorf School and the Center for Anthroposophy, while Ellen specializes in feng shui. She is also doing double-duty on this project, bringing to bear her two decades of experience in affordable housing and developer feasibility and market studies.

Mark Kelley, founder and president of the Hickory Consortium, is a nationally recognized authority on building energy efficiency, whole building integrated design, and sustainable construction. He was the consulting energy engineer for the Hickory Consortium's Elm Street, Cambridge Cohousing, and Erie-Ellington projects, and is serving as a consultant for the First Light Neighborhood & Farm project.

Lucia Kittredge, landscape architect with Kapala Kittredge Associates, has significant experience designing new neighborhoods in conservation-oriented development projects with partners such as the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.

Sandford Surveying & Engineering, Inc. and project engineer Ray Shea have done much work designing and permitting residential and commercial projects in Wilton and surrounding towns.

Lewis Engineering of Litchfield, New Hampshire is the community water system designer.