We need a rooftop garden space that we can grow veggies and flowers. We also need a giant deck with lots of comfy patio furniture, a view of the ocean, tiki torches, several BBQs and an outdoor kitchen.

A meeting space that can also be a public space for community meetings, AA meetings, happenings, classes and workshops or whatever (also a revenue generator).

I'd also like some decent art facilities. They don't have to be elaborate but some key equipment would be lovely.

Hmm, a fully stocked bar in the same building as an AA meeting. Hmmmm

Well, people need SOMEWHERE to go after they're pickled. ;)

We need to have a LoT meet at someone's house and create a LoT commune on the SIMS.

Nah, we need our own version of Habitat for Humanity - we'll call it Vacant LoT and build it.

As Hawthorne pointed out in The Scarlet Letter, the first thing you need to build is the jail.

That's on the other side of the walls - aka exile

Is that all we can grow up there??

Exactly.

Hydroponics in the basement?

Yes, there can be a corner of the laboratory devoted to hydroponics. Yes.