St. Louis Ecovillage Network

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About the Community

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  • Urban

What we do

The St. Louis Ecovillage Network supports the formation of ecovillages and intentional communities throughout the St. Louis area.

Our members live in established communities, are in the process of forming communities, or are interested in seeing what other people are doing. We have the goals of lessening our ecological footprint, sharing resources, and creating community, and we embrace different types of intentional community projects with these goals in mind. We seek to create diverse communities that are broadly inclusive across race, age, income, class, religion and sexual orientation.

For many years, we met monthly for site visits, discussions, workshops, and potlucks, but recently we have lacked organizers and hosts for those events. We welcome new members to help organize new events and have resources to share, namely, a contact list of folks who have expressed interest in intentional community in the St. Louis area.

Our Vision

sustainable community living

Our Mission

sustainable community living

  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • 200 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
200

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Come to one of our openly publicized meetings (facebook, or meetup.com)

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Governance structure

  • Founder/Leader-led

Primary authority rests with the community’s founder(s) or designated leader(s).

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • Members typically need to have their own job or other personal source of income to cover their expenses while living in the community?

Substance use culture

  • Substance use appears in public spaces but no pressure

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Location

  • Missouri, United States

St. Louis Ecovillage Network

Promoted Needs and Offers

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  • Communities with Openings
7 months ago

Oak Park Commons Cohousing – Plan to Move in Fall 2025

Illinois’ first cohousing community fosters intergenerational connection, diversity, and inclusiveness. We welcome all those who share our vision of creating a sustainable residential community in a vibrant urban suburb. Oak Park Commons Cohousing seeks new members. Join the dozen households that have already helped plan and design a five story, 24-unit building near the commercial heart of Oak Park, Illinois. The building includes a mix of one, two, and three, bedroom ADA accessible units. A package friendly first floor mailroom adjoins the lobby, elevator, and parking entrances. Noise mitigation and energy efficient air conditioning assure year-round comfort. The Carpenter & Madison streets corner location includes within a pedestrian friendly half mile radius: a middle school, bus stop, grocery co-op, drug store, bank, CTA train station, Unity Temple, Rush Hospital, Fox Park, Mills Park, and many restaurants. Madison has traffic calming and bike lanes. The Village commercial center, barely a mile away offers the Lake Theatre Cinema, Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Formula Fitness Center, Public Library, Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, and specialty retail and service shops. Oak Park includes excellent K-12 schools. Lincoln public elementary school offers an optional Spanish bilingual program, Gwendolyn Brooks middle school’s wonderful performing arts opportunities and OPRF high school’s great college and career prep. Eight two and three bedroom units are still available for purchase starting at $406,640. Buyers pay a five percent earnest fee when signing a purchase agreement that goes toward down payment at closing. Units available for occupancy starting the last week of October 2025. Visit our website and talk with some of our members to learn more about who we are and how we envision building our community together.   Website: https://oakparkcommons.com/ Contacts: Charles Hoch 708-721-8817; Susan Stall 708-772-8817
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