Hello everyone - Please call me Kevin. I live in a small town in northern New Mexico. I am a retired economic and community developer with experience in non-profit real estate development, small business development, and non-profit management.
I am here because I am researching the feasibility of establishing a co-housing community in Northern New Mexico. I want to address the needs of creative people to have attainable housing options. My idea so far is to research and buy an appropriate parcel of land and lease part of it for housing development to a ācommunity LLCā. The remainder of the land would be a permanent conservation space that will be an amenity for the community. I would consider myself a friendly landlord and I donāt need to make money on the project. I envision something like a fixed 5% return on what I would spend on land.
I envision a minimum 10 acre place with up to 12 households and community amenities clustered on no more than about 4 acres. People interested in building a home and living there could become members of the ācommunity LLCā entitling them to a long-term sublease of a building lot. To become a member of the community LLC will require payment of a buy-in fee to fund their share of upfront community development costs and shared community amenities. There will also be a recurring fee to fund a share of the operating costs of the community LLC (fixed annual rent to the land owner, maintenance and upkeep of community amenities like a community great room with terrace, kitchen & laundry; a community shop; a community greenhouse/garden; etc.) The community LLC will be governed by its members and decisions about CCRās applying to building lots, community life, and other rules will be made by the community LLC and enforced through the land subleases. Community members will finance and construct and own their own homes and will be able to sell their home and LLC membership subject to the requirements of their land sublease.
I think it may be realistic to give people a home ownership option at a fraction of the going cost, plus provide a great degree of self-determination in choice of housing design and sweat equity opportunity. It will be set up to appeal to creative people who are interested in being part of a small synergistic living community.
Iām interested in conversation and learning from others who have thought about or who are living similar ideas. Glad to be joining this forum!
What should we call you?
You can call me SCI, thatās an acronym for Studentsā Co-operative, Inc.
Where are you living? Do you live in an intentional community now?
I am the Secretary for SCI, and its interim Recruitment Manager! In the future, this account could be run by my successor(s).
What are your experiences in community?
SCI itself has had many experiences for its 80+ years of existence, and feel free to ask about them! Personally my qualifications are: I lived at SCI in March 2011 through September 2012, and April 2014 to October 2015. In the gap I was traveling around going to lots of places, East Wind, Commonground, Murundaka, Moorah-Moorah and other communities.
Special talents
I am told Iām good at animation, actually! But for the purposes of co-operation, I like morale and learning co-operative decision making āmodelsā throughout vastly different cultures. We have a long exciting challenging journey to go on, as one community among millions, to perpetually heal together around the world.
Interests
Co-operation, community, spirit
Why are you here?
I am here to be another resource for the Studentsā Co-op to answer any questions you may have about it.
Hello, my name is Maia and I use they/them pronouns. I am currently a college student in the pacific northwest.
Iām here because Iām very done with conforming to capitalism and living within the system and society that Iāve grown up in. I intend to seek a new living situation in an intentional community - specifically one where I can focus on unlearning what has been ingrained in me, where I can have a deep and positive relationship with the land I occupy, and where I can live in reciprocity with everything/everyone I depend on.
As for abilities, Iām good at learning - I really care about pushing, challenging, and deepening my understanding of the world around me. I do my best to be an active and intentional part of the ecosystem I inhabit. I am creative and good at conflict resolution/ communication. I can cook, forage, write, and cultivate plants and fungi for food. I have relatively extensive knowledge of marine ecosystems. I am also a sailor (although I imagine itās rather unlikely to be a skill set that I end up contributing to a community).
Iāve cultivated a relationship with the ecosystem where I live and thus would like to remain in the salmon forests of the pacific northwest. I am hoping to find somewhere that is either remote (from a human perspective), and/or that has a focus on restoration. I aim to make change by forming myself into the person I want to be, and by living in a way that aligns with that. I want to live in a space where I can do work that builds community rather than capital, and where I can support others, especially those who have been targeted by systemic and institutionalized violences.
Thank you for reading about me. Iām glad to be joining this forum.
Hello!
My nameās Leo, Iām from and currently living in central-southern Chile. Iām not part of any communities, but I am very curious about everyoneās way of life and of thinking and would love to get to know people in this forum. As for personal interests, I love cooking+food, hiking and nature walks, and Iām an artist with the urge to branch into as many different artistic fields as possible in my lifetime. Glad to meet you all
We are so happy to join this online community and hope to make new connections and learn from all you amazing people!
We are located in beautiful Eugene, Oregon. We are currently in the process of building our community village.
We are very happy to have found IC.Org and look forward to meeting you all. Please reach out and connect with us, weāre all about making new connections! If youād like to learn more about who we are, check out our website PeacefulValleyVillage.com
Hi there, My name is Connor. Iām living in south east Michigan and not currently living in an intentional community. I would like to be a part of an intentional community. Iāve always felt a deep connection with nature and that we should be living in it more. I donāt think the corporate life is for me and i want to use as little technology as i can (within reason). Obviously iām willing to help out to keep things up and running around the community.
My ideal community would:
Have a lot of people
Already organized or have a plan in place
I would work/help out for 4 hours or so each day and my living expenses would be taken cared for (food, water, shelter, electricity).
It would be great if there was some shared philosophy/spiritual practices as iāve been into meditation for several years.
have some sort of healthcare
connection and nature
Special talents/interests (in no particular order)
I just posted āI literally cannot sell anything, even if my life depended on itā to my Bluesky account.
What are we, talented yet āa-sales-ableā People to do in this society which effectively requires it? We BRING value to society, just not money. So when do we ditch this lame paradigm?
Welcome, comrade! We definitely need leaders in this movement (the greater anti-capital/anti-imperial/socialist movement) Not saying YOU need be āThe Oneā LOLā¦ but I feel you can surely inspire the right ones. Keep on keeping on.
Hello Kim,
I am new here and I see you have lived in these communities for sometime. I would love to hear what you have discovered living in these communities. I am also exploring the idea of living in a permaculture community when i find one in the area I want to live.
Hi, my name is John, and Iām one of 3 co-founders in the early research phase of developing an IC in or around Tulsa, Oklahoma. Iām an English/Art teacher (high school level), and Iāve got many interests: Jack of all trades, you know?
Iāve now read Building Belonging, listened to the Inside Community Podcast, and read through the (admittedly brief) intro to Sociocracy. I am so very excited to help found a Spirituality and Arts Community in Oklahoma!
Hello Conner, I like your introduction, I have yet to post one of my own. I have never heard of neurofeedback programming. I have been getting deeper and deeper in meditation with some very impressive results. I am glad to see you seem to be aligning your chakras very well. I hope you find what you are seeking. I am also seeking to escape the matrix and I have determined that means leaving the US. In my opinion it is the evil empire that we need to worry about the most.
We are a BIPOC American family originally from the Seattle area, currently based in Los Angeles. My husband is Black and I am Asian. We are posting here on ic.org in hopes of connecting with other Bipoc, anti-racist, and family-oriented folx seeking intentional community.
We are interested in holistic, regenerative, permaculture, and food independence. Like many others in the intentional community space, we are in the beginning stages. We are working towards acquiring ancestral land. There arenāt very many intentional communities that are Bipoc led, specifically comprised of Black leadership, and we hope to be part in changing that. We plan to create a safe space for Bipoc people to have resources and space to build independence.
I recommend checking out Mud Bone Grown. The founders are pretty amazing people. They are worth checking out for some inspiration and all the things they offer to the community.
Helloš
My name is Chris Wood, my wife and I are starting an intentional community in Corozal Belize.
We are health (spiritually, mentally and physically) conscious individuals. We have decided to step away from the current world to create a community where one can live a simple, holistic lifestyle with like minded people.
We would like to attract people who have experience managing & maintaining a community, musicians, artists, healers, yogis, physical fitness, divers, farmers, teachers, martial artists, security specialists, entrepreneurs, green-thumbers, synchronized swimmers and altruistic individuals desiring to live in an old fashioned community where neighbors look out for one another. Itaxahvillage@gmail.com
Good morning Sarahš
My name is Chris Wood, my wife Wendy Carter and I are starting an IC in Belize for the very reasons youāve expressed.
Weāve been here for 3 years and are happy with the country for the reasons we came here. Itās not without issues, but theyāre far better than the US/most of the world.
We want to enjoy life and the people in it!
The soil and climate down here is like āsupergrowā, year round!
Please reach out if youād consider an escape from Babylon!
Hello Chris, I am very much interested in learning more about your community. My focus has been South and Central America. I so much want to escape the US matrix. I will send you a email very soon. Thanks for sharing and welcome!
This is the first of nine pages about a vision that could blossom on the sunny island of Tenerife (Canary Islands), where I already own a finca, or perhaps elsewhere.
If you feel drawn to this dream, or are simply curious, please send me a message. I am happy to share the other pages with you and would be happy to answer any questions or meet face to face.
Iām applying for a job at one of yāallās businesses, and I only need to be relocated there, once someone agrees to hire me.
I have experience with computers, and have used Apple OSs, Windows OSs, and Linux, all extensively (meaning I donāt really need a specific OS to run YOUR computing needs)
I have experience in warehouse inventory management, as well, in the same position, shipping and receiving, and deliveries.
I have experience clerking for a trademark attorney, as well as experience as both a runner AND accounts payable for a large law firm.
I have done TONS of physical labor, both as a job, and from simply being alive for 53 years. I am no doubt still fully able to do manual labor, should that be the only thing needed.
I also have extensive knowledge in botany, horticulture, permaculture, and general garden maintenance.
I know how, and LOVE, to form doughs and bake breads. And cook.
Dear all here, Iām Jiejing from China. I like the Bible and Buddhaās teachings. I believe in the Greatest Creator and Karma.I am now living in an intentional community called Lifechanyuan International Family Thailand Branch which is approximately 180 km away from Chiang Mai city and 80 km away from Chiang Rai city.
My dream is to help the founder of Lifechanyuan-Mr Xuefeng to build 256 communities of the Second Home around the world. At present, we have three branches of the community in Thailand, Canada and South Korea. We welcome those people who are interested in our community and values.
My name is Nils.