Chestnut Lodge, Rockville, Maryland, has a new, light, ornamental building which serves as newsstand, display center, bandstand, soft drink and snack bar, source of coffee for the doctors' lounges, and center for socialization. It is a business enterprise with a budget of a thousand dollars a month. Eighty per cent of the patients, mostly schizophrenics, built it, in groups of three to thirty individuals. It has been operated by patients (elected by fellow-patients) almost from the start. The staff also participated in the building, and the enterprise was described as therapy for all. Unexpected and unknown resources of community interest and creative usefulness were tapped. The reasons for the successful results are discussed.