Raising fundsThe Treehouse Project needs to raise a total of $33,333 through a Kickstarter campaign that ends at 5 p.m., Dec. 17.The startup has several events and fundraisers, including:• Tonight: 7 p.m., benefit at The Bitter Alibi. $1 from every beer goes toward Treehouse Project.• Dec. 6: Small-scale display of treehouse at Conga restaurant, during MainX24 Festival/24-hour festival.• Dec. 8: 5 p.m., bonfire at the treehouse property, 576 Chattanooga Valley Road, Flintstone, Georgia.
Enoch Elwell
Pictured is a rendering of what a treehouse built by the Treehouse Project would look like.There was a time when a sleeping bag under a tent was the start and the end of amenities on camping trips. Vacationers were smelly, a bathroom was not an option, and the point was getting away from whatever you’d left behind in your house. Then came campsites with latrines and showers.
Today, there is “glamping,” also known as glamorous camping. It doesn’t have to be in a tent, but the proposition remains the same: you and nature, mixed together. It could happen in a yurt, a dome, a pod, a cabin.
It can be in a treehouse.
“If you had a treehouse growing up, you love them,” said Andrew Alms. “If you didn’t, you want one.”