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We invite you to join us for a virtual discussion about the film “THRIVE II: This Is What It Takes”. This is an inspiring film that explores breakthrough innovations from around the world, unpacks the principles they have in common and offers insights, tools and strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future!
🌎 Event (facebook.com/events/339425777484075)
Calling upon visionaries, pioneers, wayshowers and solutionaries ready to co-create the next evolution of social and societal systems that serve and support the optimal health and well-being of the planet as a whole! Are you inspired by conscious evolution and regeneration of our planet?! Are you ready to co-create resilient local food, energy, water and holistic health systems? Are you inspired to co-create new systems of governance, economics and land stewardship that are just and equitable? Are you ready and inspired to live, express and embody your full potential as a sovereign, creative being?! Are you inspired to co-create regenerative solutions to the challenges we are currently facing on the planet?! Do you feel inspired to live a simple, healthy, joyful, beautiful, holistic and natural life connected to friends, family, nature and commUnity?! Do you feel inspired to live a life of balance, harmony and reciprocity that will enable future generations to enjoy a healthy, thriving planet?!
If you answered YES to any of these questions we invite you to join us in the co-creation of the first Local Earth Village! We are NOW accepting applications for people interested in designing, building and LIVING in the first village (Zone 1 Residential Team).
We are hosting a virtual Q&A session on 11/11 for anyone interested in being a resident and co-creator of the first Local Earth Village! This is a great opportunity for anyone with interest in the village to connect and ask questions.
🌎 Q&A Session: (facebook.com/events/1141653446229158)
See link in comments below (or in the event post) for the Village Resident Application…
Hi there lovers of Communities magazine! I'm doing a birthday fundraising event in support of this publication and the good work we do in the world. If you have the means to show support with a donation any amount will be much appreciated!
Hummingbird Enterprises LLC plans to develop a 55+ active adult community for Veterans with low to moderate incomes and will be constructing small homes/ “tiny homes” to be purchased by the Veterans on 200 acres in Graysville, Tennessee, through the New Start Program.
A part of this community will also be used to house around 40 homeless Veterans. Our company will donate the land for the project and will solicit funding for the construction and furnishing of 20 small homes, with 2 Vets living in each home, from Tennessee businesses, Veteran organizations, citizens, government agencies and various fund-raising campaigns. The estimated cost for this project is $2,800,000- about $70,000 of immediate cost per Veteran. Since the homes will be part of the community property and will be deeded in such a way that they can only be used to house homeless Veterans, they will remain available for homeless Veterans in the future. The Veterans will then have full access to all community amenities and be able to have an active part in community life.
We will have a total of between 118 and 120 homesites with a well-developed community life area which will include a large community house, a fitness center, meeting rooms, picnic and outdoor gathering areas, nature trails and a community owned Co-op store.
We need a business startup loan for at least $650,000, but $750,000 would be ideal. We could also use a business line of credit of $100,000 to $150,000. We have $130,000 currently for our business checking account (as a loan from us to the business) to start up this project and will set up this account as soon as we get our EIN number.
Since we're a startup, I'm not sure when we'll be starting to generate an income yet. These loans would be secured by the 391 acres of the land we are purchasing in Graysville, TN. This land has a brow ridge of over 3000 feet which will provide us initially with at least 9 lots of 5 acres each which are estimated to sell for $125,000 each.
For Phase 1 we will have 29 2-5 acre lots for sale at approximately $20,000-$35,000 each, 9 5- acre brow ridge lots for sale at approximately $125,000 each and 10-20 business lot sites for sale at approximately $60,000 each. The community will be comprised of 200 acres for Phase 1, including around 60 acres of community held open land, with 191 acres available for phase 2 should we wish to expand this community.
We will also be select timbering the 391 acres which will provide at least another $260,000, as a conservative estimate. However, the timbering project will take about a year to be completed.
The sale of the 38 lots and timber income will be used to pay off our initial business funding.
I’m not sure yet if this is in an “Opportunity Zone” or not, as I couldn’t really tell from the map I found online. I sure am hoping it is!!
We will seek further funding in approximately one year to build a community life area which will include a large community house, a fitness center, meeting rooms, picnic and outdoor gathering areas, nature trails and a community owned Co-op store. The costs for repayment of these funds will be prorated per lot and included in the HOA fees collected monthly.
We will also have approximately 20 Tiny Home lots for rent at $300 per month each (not including utilities) and 40 RV lots for rent at $450 per month each (including utilities). Each of these lots will also be paying the monthly HOA fees. We will seek additional funding for these projects in 2 years.
The tentative HOA fee will be between $350 & $450 per month per lot, to pay for community management, maintenance, taxes, insurance, utilities, trash pickup, the long-term maintenance/improvement fund and operating expenses and to pay back the loans for construction of the community house, fitness center and outdoor areas, tiny home rental lots and the RV park.
If you'd be interested in joining our community or in donating to the fund to house homeless Veterans, please email us at:
[email protected].
2019 Twin Oaks Queer Gathering is coming up Aug 2-4 in Louisa, VA and we'd love to have y'all come participate! Please check out
www.twinoaksqueergathering.org for more info :)
Come experience community living with us.
Twin Oaks is seeking new members. If you or friend are interested in considering this income sharing egalitarian community, please get in touch with me.
Here is an updated old blog post on why this "full service commune" might be a good fit for you.
Want to try out Community Living? Sirius Community in Massachusetts has a few immediate openings.
Please check out our website.
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Please donate / help fund our group ORGANIC MINDS to actualize these projects for another year:
Training and Capacity Building
Free School (monthly, indoor, various topics)
Gardening / Vermiculture
Sharing Garden / Food Freedom Educational Tour
Food Freedom exhibit (schools and public places)
Volunteer drive (clean up, feeding the homeless, tree planting, indigenous communities and farm visits, etc.)
Inner Space (mental health awareness)
Library potluck and music night
Educational Camping activities
Rabbit Hole (study about the science of consciousness and psycho-spirituality)
