About three years ago, the author's family and him decided to abandon Ashland, Oregon, a town he called home and where his wife gave birth two sons. They had grown tired of keeping an emergency kit by the door in case they needed to flee in the middle of the night. They were weary from the fear that this would be the summer that raging wildfires would take their house from them. When the Alameda fire came and wiped out the two towns next to them, Talent and Phoenix, they knew that it was finally time to leave for the Midwest. To help the residents of these areas quickly rebuild, The Thalden Foundation, a small, Ashland-based non-profit, is in the process of establishing a 3D printed community of 87 one, two, and three-bedroom houses in nearby Medford. Planning and permitting took over a year and a half, but construction has finally begun. Kathryn Thalden informed 3DPrint.com that the roads are now being built, with 3D printing to commence after that. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2023. Read more: 3dprint.com/...