Innisfree Village is a fully licensed, residential community with adults with intellectual disabilities. It was founded in 1971 and operates as a nonprofit, nonsectarian, therapeutic farm community located on 550 acres in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. They partnered with StoryCorps Studios during their 50th Anniversary Celebration to record stories that capture the unique life sharing model of Innisfree Village.
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Adam Fried and Jon Fried
Brothers Adam Fried (58) and Jon Fried (60) parents founded Innisfree Village to provide a community that was in support of Jon's intellectual disabilities. The two discuss the community's history, having been one of its first residents as well as...