SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Plans are being made to develop a 4.5-acre tract of land near the southwest Missouri city of Springfield into a community of tiny homes for disabled, chronically homeless people.

The Gathering Tree is developing plans for Eden Village, the site of a former trailer park near U.S. 65. The project will include a community center and 30 homes of about 400 square feet each. The project will cost about $1.8 million.

The organization has raised about $90,000 so far, enough for a down payment on the property. At an event this week, Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realtors owner Judy Huntsman gave Gathering Tree founders Linda and David Brown a check for $30,000 to pay for the first tiny, manufactured home.