Bryn Gweled, Pennsylvania

Bryn Gweled is a small community in Upper Southampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Described variously as an "intentionally cooperative community" [http://www.bryngweled.org/History.html Bryn Gweled website] , history section] and "more like a commune" [cite news| last =McCullough | first =Marie| title =Ties to the Prize| publisher =Philadelphia Inquirer| date =2007-10-09| url =http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_left_story/20071009_Ties_to_the_Prize.html| accessdate =2007-10-09] , Bryn Gweled consists of 75 individually owned homes on 240 acres of collectively owned property. [http://www.bryngweled.org/index.html Bryn Gweled website] ]

The community was founded in 1940 by twelve mostly Quaker families from the Philadelphia area. The name of the town means "Hill of Vision" in Welsh. The community maintains its founders' vision of collective responsibility, consensus-style management, and racial diversity, and has been cited as an example of community-based decision-making in action. [Christakis & Bausch, "How People Harness Their Collective Wisdom And Power to Construct the Future", Information Age Publishing Inc., 2006, p. 125]

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