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Intentional Community Resources

 
Getting Started First steps to start a community, writing a vision statement, samples
Group Process Meetings, decision making, conflict resolution.
Locating a Site Locating and purchasing a site
Legal Resources Lawyers, bylaws, legal documents, ownership forms
Community Design Group design process, site, unit, and commonhouse design
Dealing with money Working with banks, affordability
Building Dealing with contractors and construction, alternative building sources
Recruiting members Finding the people, selling your community homes
General resources Books, articles, websites, papers, videos about Intentional Communities
Cohousing resources Books, articles, websites, papers, and resources, specific to cohousing
Other resources to suggestion? NICA@ic.org

Note: Some of these resources are out-of-date, so you may find broken links and content issues. NICA hopes to upgrade this content in coming months.

Last Update: Aug 2, 2005