NAWAYA
Who We Are
Nawaya, LLC is a BIPOC-led regenerative real estate and community development enterprise focused on designing small-scale, values-aligned communities rooted in land stewardship, care, and cultural integrity. Nawaya develops place-based projects that integrate housing, food systems, creative enterprise, and cooperative economic models as practical alternatives to extractive development.
Through pilot sites, consulting, and community design work, Nawaya demonstrates how land and infrastructure can be stewarded in ways that support long-term resilience, economic dignity, and shared prosperity.
We are a social artist team committed to creative and pragmatic strategies which actualize thriving, sustainable, socially-just, and ecologically-responsible communities. We partner with others to develop regenerative pathways for racial equity, food sovereignty, and community economics. We deeply value cooperative systems, values-led strategies, and proactive care for Ecology.
Our Pilot Project:
Ancient Future Labs
A land-based demonstration and learning site for regenerative food systems, creative practice, and nonextractive local economies.
Nawaya Ancient Future Labs is currently in Phase 2 of its strategic plan — focused on making the site functional, welcoming, and ready to host learning and community activity.
Nawaya Ancient Future Labs is the physical site where the Nawaya Village vision becomes tangible. Developed and operated by Nawaya, LLC, the Labs serve as a place to learn, practice, and gather — stewarding land while cultivating skills, relationships, and regenerative livelihoods in community.
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“I spend a lot of my time exploring intentional communities as a way of both becoming better stewards of our planet and eliminating poverty. I see in my travels that there are almost no ecovillages / intentional communities in the US or Europe with meaningful populations of BIPOC residents.
When I met the Nawaya family, I saw this was about to change and decided to join the team. For the ecological movement to be real, it has to be ethnically and culturally inclusive, and that is the central aim of Nawaya.”
— Darryl Finkton Jr., member and partner of Nawaya
