abstract
| - Carmit, also Karmit (Hebrew: כרמית), is a new community currently under construction in the heart of the Negev, just 15 kilometers northeast of Beersheba and next to the Shoket Junction and kibbutz Kramim. Envisioned through a partnership between the Or Movement, JNF, the Israel Land Administration (ILA), Jewish Agency, and the Chicago Israel Philanthropic Fund, and a central component of the Blueprint Negev, Karmit aims to be a modern, actively pluralistic, and diverse neighborhood complete with an array of housing options, upscale amenities and state-of-the-art recreational facilities. Once completed, Karmit will be home to approximately 2,600 families that reflect the diversity spectrum of Israeli society-economic, demographic, and religious. Both native Israelis and immigrants from around the world will find their home in Carmit. The first phase is planned for 200 homes in the summer of 2012.
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