We Are Up

We Are Up

Community

We Are Up is building a vibrant and inclusive community in rural Northern California’s Humboldt County that welcomes people across differences and honors our natural world. On more than 17 beautiful acres, neighbors with diverse abilities, ages, and socioeconomic backgrounds will live, learn, work, and thrive together.

With the rapidly growing rates of autism, aging of primary caregivers/parents, shortage of support workers, and housing, We Are Up is working to provide a replicable model of care that will give a lifetime of quality care to some of our most vulnerable neighbors. Families cannot wait until there is a new model, we must begin now while we are still available to guide and support our children.

More than simply a housing development, We Are Up is a paradigm shift in how we provide care. Instead of siloing and isolating some of our most vulnerable populations, like seniors and people with disabilities, We Are Up offers a holistic “ecosystem of care" that weaves together housing, agriculture, workforce development, environmental preservation, enrichment, and community-building to transform the lives of residents, their families, and our region and beyond.

LOCATION

McKinleyville, CA

CLIENT

We Are Up (Mary Keehn)

TEAM

Kash Boodjeh Architects, RANA

COMPLETED

2025-Ongoing