We are in the early stages of cocreating a eco community land trust in the small seaside community of Blue Hill, located about 45 minutes from Acadia National Park in Downeast Maine. We created the Farming Artists LLC to acquire access to a 133 acre farm property that had been in one family for 5 generations. We have drafted extensive operating agreements and in intend to share the land in perpetuity among 9 family homesteads of 2 acres each. We also intend to lease to several resident owned businesses both independently and cooperatively structured. Our core values are centered upon learning to live in right relationship with the natural world and with other human beings.
Mission: Cultivating Food, Art and Community
Vision: Restoring balance to life on planet earth by working together for the good of the whole and celebrating that there is more than one right way!
2. Trial Membership
The trial membership application consists of the following requirements:
. Complete prospective member questionnaire
2.2. Participate in an introductory visit approved by the New Member committee. A host family will facilitate the prospective members up close look at community life.
2.3. Submit a request for trial membership status to the New Member committee
including a letter of intent for personal fulfillment of financial, physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
2.4. Upon approval of the request for trial member status, complete a minimum of 6 months of residency during a 1 year period.
2.5. During the trial member period, a prospective member is required to participate in all of the same requirements for shared work, member fees, and attendance/participation in member meetings (without having voting privileges). The prospective ,member will also complete a non-violent communication training course.
2.6. A community resident sponsor will work with the trial member to help assist with questions and integration into community life.
Please contact via email fa*****************@***il.com
A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.
Decisions proceed unless someone has a reasoned objection.
Organized in circles or domains with distributed authority.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Join fee: Yes
Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Yes
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Vehicle Share, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Outdoor Kitchen, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas, Internet
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
Private homes with shared common facilities, designed for neighborly
interaction while maintaining independence.
Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.
Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace
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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