This startup will sit atop trees. It will mix camping, childhood frivolity and a touch of glamour.
It also aims to be the world’s first “living-building” treehouse, certified through the International Living Building Future Institute.
The Treehouse Project, a cluster of tiny wooden structures at least a dozen feet off the ground, will sit amid a forest at the foot of Lookout Mountain, below Rock City. Founders Andrew Alms and Enoch Elwell started on construction early this year and have been getting help from folks who visit the property to cut, lug and banter. They have come from local areas and farther reaches like Asheville, Boulder and Memphis.
“The idea is come work as much as you want, be a part of the story,” says Elwell. “We’ll provide the food.”
And a place to stay: Some have slept at his house. Alms and Elwell also have taught helpers how to build, but there were things to be done that didn’t require advanced building skills.