Were you thinking of Simpler Times Village?
http://www.ruralvillage.org/Unfortunately the local council of some sort decided it was not what they wanted for their "progressive" community
I am not sure what all is going on now, it has been awhile since I heard from them. I do know that the Brown family moved to another town.
I LOVED the idea and would have moved there in a heartbeat if it was around SW Missouri or SE Kansas closer to our family. DH and I were seriously talking about living there, DH even flew up there and met with Josh Brown. I was telling DH just last week that living some where like that was sounding better and better all the time....
