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Mountain Hearth Village

  • Communities

About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Home-sharing
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2024

What we do

We will be an earth-friendly community with shared values around love, respect, and inclusivity. We expect to be forming during most of 2024 while we envision and plan what kind of community we can be. There will be perhaps 12 homes at most, depending on how they are built. This is a beautiful, sloping property about 40 minutes east of progressive Asheville, NC, in Western NC, which has several national forests and hundreds of waterfalls. Please join our Zoom meetings to contribute your beauty to the vision.

Our Mission

We are now creating our formal mission statement, and some of the values we have discussed include making room for everyone’s voice, being flexible, creating a eco-friendly development, growing some of our own food, transmitting our values through song. Please see our website for details.

  • Purpose
  • Home-sharing
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Activities
  • Property management
  • Farming
  • Experiences

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2024
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2025
  • Started living together
  • 10 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
14

How to join

Simply fill out our membership form and attend your first meeting; if you want to then become a member with voting privileges, a small monthly fee is involved.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Either email in**@************es.com or call 828-583-0434 and we will find a time together

Primary decision-making authority

  • Single Leader or Founding Couple

One person or partnership has ultimate authority.

Decision-making process

  • Consent-Based (Sociocracy)

Decisions proceed unless someone has a reasoned objection.

Governance structure

  • Sociocratic/Circle-Based

Organized in circles or domains with distributed authority.

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation
  • Members typically need to have their own job or other personal source of income to cover their expenses while living in the community?

Additional economic information

Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Encouraged or suggested (3 hrs/week)

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Garden(s), Vehicle Share, Workshop, Fire pit

Frequency of communal meals

  • 1-3 times per month

Dietary restriction

  • People can cook and eat what they want in their own residence

Community activities and engagement

  • Volunteer, Internship, or Apprenticeship, or WWOOF’ing
  • Neighborhood, Community Housing, or Homeowner's Association
  • WWOOF'ing, Guest Farming

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies
  • Substance use is prohibited in the community

Gender composition

  • Majority cis (over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Multi-generational (all ages well represented)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By several individuals through an LLC or a Tenancy In Common agreement

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Self-produced energy

  • Up to 33%

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • 33 - 66%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Land area size
    3.5 acres

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Location

  • North Carolina, United States

Needs and Offers

Offer
  • Communities with Openings
7 months ago

Worktrade Opportunities on Big Island Hawaii

We are continuing our work-trade program at Bridge Hawaii for the right people on this beautiful 86-acre land located along the Hāmākua Coast. Ideally, we want to host those individuals who can help with the garden and who can support with build projects for up to a 3 month stay. This work-trade would include lodging, food staples, community kitchen, running hot water showers, off-grid electricity, and laundry. There is access to high speed wi-fi. We often have a car that can be reserved. We also have full bar signal strength with Verizon cellphone service. We have about 2 acres of permaculture garden that needs to be cared for including; weeding, planting, picking up mulch, some tree trimming, ect. We are currently in a building stage on the land. We have a few current grant projects we are working on and some build projects that are underway. We are an intentional community with about 8 permanent residents. There are rescue dairy cows, mini cows, mini donkeys, horses, a donkey, cats, dogs, and active bee hives. We are a drug and alcohol “free” space. A glass of wine or beer with dinner is fine, but absolutely no day drinking or parties. We have a meditation temple and many waterfall pools that are wonderful for swimming. Close to some of the nicest beaches on island. We have snorkeling gear and a kayak. Since this is an animal sanctuary, we limit the consumption of meat on the land. Fish, eggs, honey, and dairy are fine. Let me know if you’re interested by sending an email or text for our application. Maomi (801) 623-0738 ma***@*****************ii.com

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