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  • Communities with Openings
3 months ago

Wolf Creek Lodge 1 Bedroom 1 Bath Apt

Wolf Creek Lodge – 1-Bedroom, 1-Bath with Private Underground Garage   Enjoy the convenience, comfort, and sense of community at Wolf Creek Lodge! This charming 1-bedroom, 1-bath, 825 sq ft home is located on the top floor with cathedral ceilings and a skylight that fills the space with natural light. This offering includes a private underground garage space with a Level-2 EV charger — perfect for secure, all-weather parking and extra storage.   Key Features • Open, Light-Filled Living Space – Cathedral ceilings & skylight create a bright, airy home • Full Kitchen – dishwasher, microwave, and custom pantry shelving • Energy-Efficient Comfort – In-floor radiant heating and central air conditioning • Premium Parking – Private underground garage space with EV charger INCLUDED • HOA Benefits – Wi-Fi, water, heat, trash, and access to 4,000 sq ft of common spaces included   Asking Price: $435,000 – Home + Garage Package Community Highlights Wolf Creek Lodge is a cohousing community with 30 households, located in Grass Valley, CA. Residents enjoy: A beautiful common house with dining room, kitchen, 3 guest rooms, sitting room, laundry room and multi-purpose room Shared outdoor areas and gathering nodes Guest parking A friendly, connected neighborhood where privacy and community coexist Owner Information Amy Robbins Email: amyrobbins099@gmail.com Phone: (510) 206-2710
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12 months ago

Final Lots Available in 50-year-old Unique Community

Greetings- Rent – Purchase – Build Stelle has several lots remaining for those who wish to build their own residential homestead. Occasionally, existing homes become available for purchase or rent. We have 7 lots remaining for sale, then Stelle is full. We are not an ‘Intentional Community’ in the more traditional sense, but as a small town (100 people) there are many of us here that live with intention. That intention? To live honestly, consciously and responsibly. Our philosophy is simple: foster community while respecting individuality. We encourage sustainable and creative approaches to rural/suburban living, including rainwater harvesting, solar energy installations, foodscaping, and alternative building styles. Traditional lawns are common and so is edible landscaping. We are the Stelle Community Association, a unique rural village in Northeast Illinois—80 miles south of Chicago and 60 miles north of Champaign-Urbana. It started as a closed intentional community in 1973 but opened in 82 as a simple home-owners association, open to anyone who would like to live here. For those who dream of having their fingers in the soil or to at least be in closer proximity to where their food comes from, but you also want people or community around you, Stelle is a great option. You don’t have to own a farm to be in relationship with the soil. Beginning with your yard, it can be as simple or as lush as you wish. Midwest Permaculture is located here, and their yard is like an arboretum. We also have many traditional lawns with fruit trees scattered around the community. Want to have your hand in growing your own food? Our local non-profit, Center for Sustainable Community, has 9-acres to work with and invites participants (residents and folk close by) to join in at any level with the community garden projects, the evolving food forest, enjoying the orchard, pond & creek, and caring for small livestock. This means that residents here can have access to greater food quality and security without having to do it all themselves. By sharing skills with each other we all become more secure. Homesteading by oneself can be an overwhelming task. Many of us here value authentic connections and choose to invest in shared projects for our mutual needs. As a 501(c)(12) local co-operative, Stelle operates democratically, offering shared access to essential infrastructure like a community center, water, sewer systems, parks, and walking paths. If sustainable, community-focused, rural living is your dream, visit Stelle and see how we’re reimagining urban homesteading for the 21st century. See our listing here on the ic.org website or visit stellecommunity.com to arrange a visit or ask questions.
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12 months ago

An Alternative Intentional Community - Stelle, IL

Greetings- We are not an ‘Intentional Community’ in the more traditional sense, but as a small town (100 people) there are many of us here that live with intention. That intention? To live honestly, consciously and responsibly. Our philosophy is simple: foster community while respecting individuality. We encourage sustainable and creative approaches to rural/suburban living, including rainwater harvesting, solar energy installations, foodscaping, and alternative building styles. Traditional lawns are common and so is edible landscaping. We are the Stelle Community Association, a unique rural village in Northeast Illinois—80 miles south of Chicago and 60 miles north of Champaign-Urbana. It started as a closed intentional community in 1973 but opened in 82 as a simple home-owners association, open to anyone who would like to live here. For those who dream of having their fingers in the soil or to at least be in closer proximity to where their food comes from, but you also want people or community around you, Stelle is a great option. You don’t have to own a farm to be in relationship with the soil. Beginning with your yard, it can be as simple or as lush as you wish. Midwest Permaculture is located here, and their yard is like an arboretum. We also have many traditional lawns with fruit trees scattered around the community. Want to have your hand in growing your own food? Our local non-profit, Center for Sustainable Community, has 9-acres to work with and invites participants (residents and folk close by) to join in at any level with the community garden projects, the evolving food forest, enjoying the orchard, pond & creek, and caring for small livestock. This means that residents here can have access to greater food quality and security without having to do it all themselves. By sharing skills with each other we all become more secure. Homesteading by oneself can be an overwhelming task. Many of us here value authentic connections and choose to invest in shared projects for our mutual needs. As a 501(c)(12) local co-operative, Stelle operates democratically, offering shared access to essential infrastructure like a community center, water, sewer systems, parks, and walking paths. Rent – Purchase – Build Stelle has several lots remaining for those who wish to build their own residential homestead. Occasionally, existing homes become available for purchase or rent. We have 7 lots remaining for sale, then Stelle is full. If sustainable, community-focused, rural living is your dream, visit Stelle and see how we’re reimagining urban homesteading for the 21st century. See our listing here on the ic.org website or visit stellecommunity.com to arrange a visit or ask questions.
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Ready to actually visit some communities? Take the next step on your journey towards intentional community living. Join an Ecovillage Tour! ✓ All-inclusive guided trips ✓ Visit a variety of communities, cohousings & ecovillages ✓ Meet community founders & residents ✓ Learn group governance, permaculture, eco-living & more ✓ Make lifelong friends within your traveling group ✓ Transformative adventure awaits! About Ecovillage Tours The only transformative travel experience that brings you to regenerative intentional communities. Find your next home, get guidance on how to start a community, or simply have a values-aligned vacation. www.ecovillagetours.com Upcoming Trips  Vermont | Jul 19–26, 2025   Italy | Sept 30–Oct 9, 2025   Hawaii | Jan 4–11, 2026   India | Feb 26–Mar 12, 2026  Bali | Jan 26–Feb 4, 2026  Costa Rica: Central | Jan 17–24, 2026 Southern | Feb 4–15, 2026 Caribbean | Mar 21–30, 2026 Guanacaste | April 12–21, 2026 See all the pricing, lodging, and itinerary information on the webpage for each tour. Or explore them all at www.ecovillagetours.com/upcoming-tours. Spots on trips are limited and fill up quickly. Book your spot today!   Questions? Email us at info@ecovillagetours.com Call us at +1 (734) 245-8745 Or schedule a 30-min Discovery Call with our team.   We look forward to hearing from you! Excited to journey together soon, —Cynthia Ecovillage Tours, Founder Hear what many past tour participants have to say about their experience:   “For anyone thinking of joining or starting an intentional community, or an ecovillage, this is an absolute must.” — Adam Bates, tour participant       “I had an amazing time on the tour!  It gave me an opportunity to experience things that I could have never done on my own.” — Lobsterbird, tour participant       “It is an experience worth paying for. You get to know places and people who are on the real hands on effort for bringing change and make local ecosystems more resilient.” — Eduardo Bryce, tour participant
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11 months ago

Studio Co+Hab: Intentional Community Design Specialists

We’d love to work with you to design your dream community! Studio Co+Hab is an architecture firm focused on innovative and sustainably-built environments such as cohousing and other intentional communities. We offer full-service architectural design to our clients and are experienced in facilitating a participatory workshop process that empowers forming communities to articulate and realize their unique vision. We work across North America and worldwide from our offices in Bozeman, MT (Erik Bonnett, AIA) and Louisville, KY (Mathilde Berthe). Our core values are: COLLABORATION We believe great design is achieved with an integrated and cooperative team. That means facilitating processes to engage our clients in design and working closely with other designers, engineers, builders, and developers to identify and realize the best ideas. EMPOWERMENT We see design as an opportunity to accelerate our clients’ goals and aspirations. Because objects and spaces can be tools to empower their users, we believe design can and should play an important role in addressing issues of climate, justice, and community. INNOVATION We see every project as unique and important. With each project we ask, “What more can be accomplished than just getting it built?” We seek to unlock new potential for individuals, communities, and the world within the context of budget and timeline.   Connect with us: Web: www.studiocohab.com Fb: StudioCohab In: studiocohab
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4 months ago

Oak Park Commons Cohousing – Plan to Move in Fall 2025

Illinois’ first cohousing community fosters intergenerational connection, diversity, and inclusiveness. We welcome all those who share our vision of creating a sustainable residential community in a vibrant urban suburb. Oak Park Commons Cohousing seeks new members. Join the dozen households that have already helped plan and design a five story, 24-unit building near the commercial heart of Oak Park, Illinois. The building includes a mix of one, two, and three, bedroom ADA accessible units. A package friendly first floor mailroom adjoins the lobby, elevator, and parking entrances. Noise mitigation and energy efficient air conditioning assure year-round comfort. The Carpenter & Madison streets corner location includes within a pedestrian friendly half mile radius: a middle school, bus stop, grocery co-op, drug store, bank, CTA train station, Unity Temple, Rush Hospital, Fox Park, Mills Park, and many restaurants. Madison has traffic calming and bike lanes. The Village commercial center, barely a mile away offers the Lake Theatre Cinema, Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Formula Fitness Center, Public Library, Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, and specialty retail and service shops. Oak Park includes excellent K-12 schools. Lincoln public elementary school offers an optional Spanish bilingual program, Gwendolyn Brooks middle school’s wonderful performing arts opportunities and OPRF high school’s great college and career prep. Eight two and three bedroom units are still available for purchase starting at $406,640. Buyers pay a five percent earnest fee when signing a purchase agreement that goes toward down payment at closing. Units available for occupancy starting the last week of October 2025. Visit our website and talk with some of our members to learn more about who we are and how we envision building our community together.   Website: https://oakparkcommons.com/ Contacts: Charles Hoch 708-721-8817; Susan Stall 708-772-8817
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10 months ago

Water Birch Co-op. Urban living in central Denver.

Large, lovely house built in 1900, two blocks from Cheeseman Park in downtown Denver.  5000 square feet. The house was a Buddhist Meditation Center for 20 years before we got it and has lovely, calm vibes. We currently have ten people and have room for one more. We are an intentional community sharing dinners, 3 living rooms, 2 new kitchens and a kitchenette, & 5 baths. Staple food (organic) is bought together. The group is self-regulating as a co-op; it decides together how the house runs. There are chores 😉 Average cost per room is about $1000 ranging from $650 to $1354. Currently available room is $875. We are just finishing renovation of three bedrooms on the third floor  they are $875 each and share our largest, newest bath (shower and separate claw foot tub) and a brand new kitchenette  they all have beautiful windows and lots of light. PLEASE CHECK OUT COMMUNITY LISTINGS FOR MORE INFO. Initial lease for 3-6 months while we and you decide if we are a good fit for each other.  Deposit in the amount of one months rent is required prior to move in.  We do background checks on all members. Utilities are currently $130 per person per month and are all-inclusive.  They will change if costs go up, that amount is insufficient to cover utilities, or more people mean the cost per person goes down.  WiFi is via mesh network from gig-speed fiberoptic service.  Heat is with radiators.  Cooling is evaporative.  We have a storage room in a nearby commercial facility.  And a new large workshop in the garage. Shared food is $125 per month per person; it is a pass-through cost divided evenly among residents; it does NOT include meat or alternative protein nor any alcohol.  We will not be surprised if that needs to go up some soon ($10 or 15). We have two dogs and three cats in the house  that seems like a sufficient quantity of furry friends for now. Our community intentions include: Communication with compassion. Shared space and life. Shared meals. Shared staple foods which are non-GMO and Organic. Group decision making. Safe, inclusive space: queer and trans friendly, anti-racist, non-violent, and feminist. The purchase of the house by the co-op in about five years. The expansion of the co-op, possibly to include other housing types (like separate apartments). Weekly meetings and house committees to manage our community. We are considering implementing Sociocracy as an organizing method. Quiet hours are from 10:00pm to 8:00am. We are looking for community members who: Want to live in a community not just have a place to sleep and eat. Want to live in a beautiful, clean, and organized house and are willing to help make and keep it that way. Residents should expect to spend 16 hours per month towards this goal. Are curious, compassionate, flexible, and open to living with others who will undoubtedly have different ideas about many things. Are interested in pioneering a new co-op. There will be work involved to get there. Are responsible and communicative. Embrace enthusiastically that living in community requires introspection and personal growth. Are not joining the community as a way of running away from something.
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7 months ago

Seeking Couples Interested in Long Term Deep Connection & Farming (open to singles)

Description Our  sloped and terraced community farm has far more potential than we have time and energy to use to the fullest. We have been in community for 15 years now, but feeling pulled to the deeper nourishment we find in long-term residents over shorter-term interns.  We seek one to two couples (or super aligned singles) who are interested in conscious connection, intimate conversation, personal growth and healing, regenerative agriculture, and serious about a building a life in community.  Although we hold space and flexibility for shifts in needs, we desire humans who plan to stay for all or part of a season (1-3 months at a minimum), after which we would explore longer-term alignment and relationships.  We MAY also be open to folks wanting to live off-site, as long as we prioritize ample time to explore how we work together before we get too deep. Current Use Heart 2 Heart Farms is a small, forested, 10 acre Permaculture farm nestled in the fertile hills of the Willamette Valley. Between the quaint towns of Newberg and Sherwood, this oasis is in the middle of wine country, just 30 minutes south of Portland, has been an intentional community and teaching facility for over 15 years, hosting a myriad of community outreach, up-cycling, homesteading, and prepping workshops.  Although we have recently slowed substantially, residents should be prepared for both a busy environment, and shared, informal, mixed-use spaces. We are almost completely self-sufficient, producing large varieties of heirloom fruits and vegetables, and we breed, butcher, and sometimes sell heritage chickens, turkeys, rabbits, pigs, goats, sheep, and cattle. We tan hides, carve bone, save seed, occasionally blow glass, throw pottery, create alternative/green energy, dig root cellars, and build constantly. We have three large un/under-utilized areas available: The front hill is a terraced and amended south-facing slope that has LOTS of room and potential. We also have a poultry pasture is 2 acres of partially wooded Douglas Fir, an additional 4 acres of wooded mixed use browsing space and native habitat that’s virtually unused at the moment, two large greenhouses (including one set up aquaponically), and lots of space to expand the orchard and rotational grazing system. Additionally, we have a 20’x40′ healing center and sacred space we use for yoga, massage, reiki, ceremony (including traditional Lakota sweat lodge and grief/trauma work), and make available to local practitioners to offer their services to the community. If you are wanting to connect deeply, work hard, learn and expand your experience base, and participate in a small but established intentional community, shoot us a note and let’s explore. Owner’s Short Term Vision for the Property Our short-term goal is to find/train a few young/new farmers to assist with land stewardship and increase productivity of the existing space to spread out the work/responsibility and assist in overall streamlining and cleanup of the existing farm/operations. Owner’s Long Term Vision for the Property Our long-term vision is to continue to use this space as a teaching and educational facility, expanding the diversity and frequency of events we can host and services we can offer. Over the next few years, we hope to find an a couple interested in learning/independently managing most of the farm production, which will allow us to dig deeper into the training and certification we make available, to include natural building, basic and advanced Permaculture technique and application, beekeeping, horticulture, animal husbandry, food preservation, fermentation, plant identification/natural foraging, and primitive skills. Available Water / Irrigation Extensive rainwater collection on site, as well as a high-flow/capacity well. Soil Type / Quality Sandy loam with great organic matter, good clay content, and established vermiculture and mycorrhizal network. Buildings and Structures Available for Farm Use We have multiple barns and greenhouse space for use, or lease, depending on the particulars of use/situation. Farm Equipment Available for Use We have a skid steer on site, as well as rototiller, chipper, 26′ truck, and pickup trucks for use. Hand tools are also available, depending on the arrangement. Any Restrictions That Could Limit Agricultural Production Creating and supporting natural borders, food forests, and wildlife habitat (and incorporating these into a holistic/natural pest management strategy) is a very high priority to us, so intensive mono-crop/large machine harvesting and/or crops needing spraying/chemicals are not likely a fit on this site. County: Washington Total Acreage: 10 Acreage Available to Landseeker: 5 Current Farming Practices: Organic, Not Certified, Biodynamic, Dry Farming, Season Extension Farming Practices Allowed: Certified Organic, Organic, Not Certified, Biodynamic, Dry Farming, Season Extension Agriculture Types Suitable: Beans, Bees, Berries, Dairy, Fiber Animals, Flowers, Goats, Herbs, Hogs, Mushrooms, Nursery Stock, Nuts, Orchard/Fruit, Pasture, Poultry, Rabbits, Sheep, Vegetables, Vineyard, Other
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3 months ago

Join us in the mountains of Western North Carolina

Coweeta Heritage Center/Talking Rock Farm is located in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Coweeta is located in a beautiful and diverse temperate rain forest. It feels very remote here yet we are just 12 miles from Franklin, NC. Winters can be mild. Coweeta is blessed with springs and a stream, pristine forests, and abundant wildlife. Power is provided by a hydro-electric system which is not connected to the grid. An organic garden and trout pond provide healthy food that is also shared with the local community. Hiking, kayaking, and other outdoor activities are just out the back door. Coweeta is looking for others who would like to join together to form an Intentional Community embracing the principles of Voluntary Simplicity. Simply put (no pun intended): We wish “to live simply so that others may simply live.” It is a recognition that nature provides us with valuable services and resources that we can use to enrich our lives. Utilizing local resources, appropriate technology, and working cooperatively, we can discover creative ways to meet our needs as “directly and simply as possible.”. An example of this, in the tradition of many Indigenous People”, is to gather, and use wildcrafted foods as part of our diet. There is great joy in going to nature’s grocery for our sustenance. Voluntary Simplicity is based on the recognition that “very little is needed to live well” and that “abundance is a state of mind.” Living lower on the economic ladder allows us more time and freedom to pursue other life goals: community and social engagement, family time, artistic or intellectual projects, more fulfilling employment, political participation, sustainable living, spiritual exploration, and more. According to the Voluntary Collective, “The grounding assumption of Voluntary Simplicity is that all human beings have the potential to live meaningful, free, happy and infinitely diverse lives while consuming no more than an equitable share of (the world’s) resources.” We affirm the need for a work/life balance, the right to a healthy environment and healthy food, and healthy community relationships supporting a diverse population. It is our responsibility as engineers of a new generation to make the changes that we want to see happen and pass this on to the next generations. We can’t wait for someone else to do this important work. Voluntary Simplicity is a quiet revolution that can change the world. As one person said, “we must be poets of our own lives and of a new generation.” We hope you will join us here at Coweeta or elsewhere on our journey to a healthier and more sustainable future! Temporary housing is available in a 27 foot trailer trailer with attached deck next to a creek while we build additional housing. Your basic living expenses (shelter, basic food items, power and water) are met through our market garden or other fundraising projects that you will participate in. You are expected to contribute a given amount of your time and energy to help grow our community and meet our financial obligations. Possible future plans include establishing a retreat center for healing our earth and each other. Work includes organic gardening, construction projects and other community building activities. Come join Coweeta and learn how to live lightly on the land and enjoy the Earth’s bounty! For more information, visit www.coweetaheritagecenter.com Contact coweeta@gmail.com for a visit or more info.  Paul

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