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JANUARY 2020 The development also offers a wide expanse of amenities and services, including a yoga studio, cooking theatre, makers workshop, and much more to come. The village was purpose-built to create a vibrant community and facilitate an active and engaged lifestyle, and is actively managed and maintained to make life easy for owners. The vision at every stage of the design and development was to create a space where “friends and family can come together to live, learn and play,” Emily says. The origins of that vision date back to 2007, when Randy Foyer purchased the property in Colwood and had the idea for a village where people could live “a full and healthy lifestyle.” He was drawn in by the beautiful landscape, and also by the proximity to Royal Roads University, which is a progressive institution that is particularly focused on further education and continuing studies. He thought it was a perfect setting for his community vision, one that would particularly appeal to the coming generation of downsizers. “Everything here was built and designed to deliver a lifestyle focused on community and engagement.”