Ozark Mountain Community Homesteads and Educational Farm

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About the Community

  • Forming
  • Rural

What we do

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!

Our Vision

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.

Our Mission

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.

  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Ecovillage
  • Commune
  • Activities
  • Education
  • Services Business
  • 6 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
6

How to join

The first step is writing or emailing a letter of interest telling us about yourself, including all of the following:

    1. Your name

 

    1. Your age

 

    1. Your gender and pronouns

 

    1. How you heard about our group

 

    1. Why you are interested in community life

 

    1. A summary of your history now and for the past 5 years, including whatever you think is important about your work, hobbies and/or studies

 

    1. If you have any legal history we should know about, including felony convictions.

 

    1. Anything interesting about you

 

    1. Any special skills you have or work you like or dislike, e.g. indoor work vs outdoor work

 

    1. Any physical ailments or limitations (e.g. back problems) which would prevent you from doing certain kinds of work

 

    1. If you have any children, their ages

 

    1. What you think you could contribute to the community project. We look for time, talent, treasure and tuning.

 

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.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Please write or email a letter of interest telling us about yourself, including all of the following:

    1. Your name

 

    1. Your age

 

    1. Your gender and pronouns

 

    1. How you heard about our group

 

    1. Why you are interested in community life

 

    1. A summary of your history now and for the past 5 years, including whatever you think is important about your work, hobbies and/or studies

 

    1. If you have any legal history we should know about, including felony convictions.

 

    1. Anything interesting about you

 

    1. Any special skills you have or work you like or dislike, e.g. indoor work vs outdoor work

 

    1. Any physical ailments or limitations (e.g. back problems) which would prevent you from doing certain kinds of work

 

    1. If you have any children, their ages

 

    1. What you think you could contribute to the community project. We look for time, talent, treasure and tuning.

 

Once we receive your letter of interest, we will be in touch!

Primary decision-making authority

  • All Community Members Together

The whole membership decides collectively.

Governance structure

  • Sociocratic/Circle-Based

Organized in circles or domains with distributed authority.

Economic model

  • Partial Income-Sharing

Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.

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

Additional economic information

Monthly fees/dues: $0
Labor required: 35 hours/week
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes
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.

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

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

Frequency of communal meals

  • Approximately 1 meal per day

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies

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Location

  • Arkansas, United States

Ozark Mountain Community Homesteads and Educational Farm

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