Unity Barn Raisers Mission Statement:

  • Unity Barn Raisers works pro-actively to enhance small-town character and rural environment, while nurturing a thriving community-based economy. UBR, which is guided by ten “Underlying Principles”, believes that a community working together can shape its own future, and in so doing, significantly advance the quality of life of its people, both now and for generations to come.

    Unity Barn Raisers is guided by these Underlying Principles:

    • Unity Barn Raisers is an organization of people who respect diverse backgrounds and opinions, but remain steadfast and single-minded in their shared commitments to Unity.
    • Unity Barn Raisers is committed to preserving the "quality of life" of Unity's people, both current residents and future generations.
    • Unity Barn Raisers is committed to preserving Unity's traditional buildings and retaining our historic identity as a market center for surrounding towns.
    • Unity Barn Raisers is committed to community action, to working together to shape our own future, rather than letting the future dictate its own course.
    • Unity Barn Raisers is committed to pursuing innovative projects that simultaneously enhance our physical environment, support our businesses, and boost our "sense of community".
    • Unity Barn Raisers is committed to Unity's existing businesses and institutions, to helping them realize new opportunities, so that they may play an even stronger role in the longterm prosperity of our community.
    • Unity Barn Raisers is committed to wise stewardship of the land, to passing it on to future generations better than we found it.
    • Unity Barn Raisers is committed to local self-reliance, to a future where more of our community's needs are provided by local people, businesses, and institutions. Unity Barn Raisers is committed to the careful examination of any project it may undertake or support, and to proceeding with a project only if the benefits clearly outweigh any adverse impacts.
    • Unity Barn Raisers will not support any project (no matter what the benefits) that threatens Unity's natural environment or small-town character.