We are currently a group of 4 friends and co-investors who found each other through our individual searches for community and are located in Eureka Springs, AR. We are now in the planning and recruiting phase of this project, but have been meeting, planning and writing policies and legislation over the course of the past 2+ years and have created enough of a shared vision and mission to be able to invite more founding members who align with our values and ideally bring complimentary skill sets. We envision becoming members of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities, and as such, we put great value in cooperation, nonviolence, and resource sharing. We currently support ourselves individually, but plan to build several communal businesses that will eventually support the community and vice versa. Our membership is diverse, we have no central leadership and currently practice democracy while we learn more about and work toward Sociocracy and/or Sociocracy 3.0. We are looking for other co-founders who can help us bring this vision to a piece of rural land in or near Northwest Arkansas. We dream of multiple separate homestead plots as well as some dormitory style housing surrounding a large communal center where we share meals, agriculture, resources, tools, amenities and our communal businesses. Access to land and business ownership will be made equally accessible through different lease agreements – ownership, renter ship and scholarship. We encourage individuality and diversity in our members. We are looking for skilled, hardworking, responsible, self-motivated, and balanced individuals that share our values. Prospective members are encouraged, we are in line to purchase land this year – 2025!
We aim to create an aesthetically pleasing, health-promoting and environmentally conscious community with built in cultural expectations integrating self-care, therapeutic practices, life-cycle support, sustainable land stewardship and educational outreach. We believe that through love and respect, we can resolve all issues.
The first step is writing or emailing a letter of interest telling us about yourself, including all of the following:
After we receive the letter, we will decide if you feel like a potential good fit for our community. If so, you will be invited to join our meetings. Since we are still forming and have no formal membership process for joining our physical community yet, we have a probationary period of 10 meetings before you are invited to join our founding group.
Please write or email a letter of interest telling us about yourself, including all of the following:
Once we receive your letter of interest, we will be in touch!
The whole membership decides collectively.
Decisions proceed unless someone has a reasoned objection.
Organized in circles or domains with distributed authority.
In our founding stages, being that we are a small group of 4, we are currently employing democratic majority while we research and consider sociocracy.
Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.
Regular fees: $0
Labor: Yes (35 hrs/week)
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed
We are not currently an income-sharing community, but may be working towards that once we are more established and have more supportive infrastructure – i.e. our when our businesses are fully supporting our community. Until then, personal assets may be kept separately from communal resources as we live and work separately in our founding phase . As we get closer to purchasing our land, we will create a communal fund we all contribute to for community projects.
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Hot tub or hot springs, Outdoor Kitchen, Large Scale Kitchen, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Stage or Auditorium, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas, Recreational vehicles, Waterfront access, Gym or sports area, Internet
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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