...will be a living laboratory, demonstrating that our cities can heal our ecosystems while supporting the lives of all citizens, including those with special needs, far better and less expensively than we do today.
On the east side of downtown Lancaster, PA
718 East Mifflin Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602, United States
Namesake and initiator of the Ramboland project, Ron lives with cerebral palsy, and all the ways our society succeeds and fails to support an independent and livable way of life. He is a social butterfly, and passionate about the environment, as well as making the world a better place, especially for those facing similar challenges in a society that does yet know how to support them.
Once upon a time, Ron Rambo had the idea to build a green demonstration project on his mother's land, and after talking about that around town to a couple of people, he was introduced to Max, a green building and regenerative practice leader who grew up near Ron's home. The two of them have been conspiring to make this project happen ever since.
Bringing both a passion for nourishing innovative, sustainable, and regenerative projects, and the capability to connect capital to worthy projects, John has been supporting the Ramboland project for several years, helping to strategize around the underlying financial dynamics amongst the housing, food, and energy systems.
A lifelong leader in education systems throughout Pennsylvania, and now leading educators to reinvent the education system itself via his role at Drexel University's Doctorate of Education program, John sees Ramboalnd as the important first example of the sort of community educational infrastructure we need in every neighborhood. He is th
A lifelong leader in education systems throughout Pennsylvania, and now leading educators to reinvent the education system itself via his role at Drexel University's Doctorate of Education program, John sees Ramboalnd as the important first example of the sort of community educational infrastructure we need in every neighborhood. He is thus working to integrate the project with curriculum and learning institutions locally and regionally.
Marcus has been an international leader in the green building movement and energy optimization for three decades. His passion for how things things can support and integrate with social and food systems, and via a regenerative approach, has attracted him to contributed in several ways to Ramboland. He is leading the team's efforts around
Marcus has been an international leader in the green building movement and energy optimization for three decades. His passion for how things things can support and integrate with social and food systems, and via a regenerative approach, has attracted him to contributed in several ways to Ramboland. He is leading the team's efforts around food system partnerships. He's also passionate about working in his local community, and lives near the Ramboland site.
Kirby Smith and his wife Suria have led an innovative and practice-leading company, Sunkirb Ideas, for many years. Kirby is a technologist and innovator in connecting built-environment management systems with interfaces people with any level of ability can use to manage their spaces and systems. Kirby has been supporting Ron and Ramboland
Kirby Smith and his wife Suria have led an innovative and practice-leading company, Sunkirb Ideas, for many years. Kirby is a technologist and innovator in connecting built-environment management systems with interfaces people with any level of ability can use to manage their spaces and systems. Kirby has been supporting Ron and Ramboland to help Ron in his current living situation, and maximize the independence yielded by the Ramboland design.
A founding member of Team Rambo, Jesse has been the voice of construction innovation from the start. "Can't" isn't in his vocabulary. As founder of Longivew Structures, a leader in deep green and high end residential building in the Lancaster region, Jesse and Co will see this project through to its full materialization.
Tyler Stull is bent on moving the architecture profession into the regenerative paradigm, and has provided immense support to the roject for several years, leading the management of the Building Information Model, construction documents, and other digital assets for visualizations. Tyler is starting his firm, Misfit Design Studio this yea
Tyler Stull is bent on moving the architecture profession into the regenerative paradigm, and has provided immense support to the roject for several years, leading the management of the Building Information Model, construction documents, and other digital assets for visualizations. Tyler is starting his firm, Misfit Design Studio this year, the first regenerative architecture firm in the Philadelphia region.
Carol Hickey stepped forward first to serve as architect of record, and lead the architectural efforts during the project's schematic design phases. She's an ardent supporter and fan of Ron and the project, and has integrated it into her architecture education offereings and F&M University.
Heather is a architectural innovator, and dedicated to the creation of built-environments that support healthy life. Having worked in everything from huge healthcare facilities, to green single family homes, utilizing passive house and regenerative thinking approaches, Heather supported the architectural needs of the project through the Design Development phase.
John is a green architecture movement leader and pioneer, focused solely on regenerative thinking and approaches. Ramboland represents one of the only projects with enough merit to keep John from fully retiring. John is supporting the project by seeing it through the final design and permitting phases of the house and initial.
Over the years an incredible cast of pro-bono contributors have provided titanic support from every perspective; including Brian Oram, Brian Falcon, Jason Loiselle, Justin Bond, Tracy Buchholz, Scott Pusey, Tyler Thumma, Stull Investment / FLOW, Josie Plaut, CityCoHo, and more.
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