Peaceful Valley Village

What is Peaceful Valley Village: Peaceful Valley Village is the soft start to a community that will eventually grow into an intentional community where community members can gather, grow and live in good health. First, we will find or build a Village Center open to all members for use. This location will provide a physical place for our community and not just a place for developing our minds and spirits, but a place to grow our businesses together, welcome family and friends, hold events, lessons, gatherings, retreats and celebrations. The Village Center will ideally offer a library, meditation and yoga spaces, arts and craft rooms, workspaces, office space, a small wood and metal shop, a light weights and cardio gym, an outside kid’s park, a large meeting hall, a huge garden, a large dining space and large commercial kitchen, primarily things that offer a healthy lifestyle, mentally and physically. Our Long Term Vision: We will build a member-owned eco-village that is agriculturally, craft and arts based, similar to our Village Center but with housing options for members. We will focus primarily on self-sufficiency and mental & physical health. We will build community infrastructure and support members, allowing them to create their own craft and business. Our business model will work similar to how Amish craft and sale very high-quality furniture. Agriculture will be a top priority, with a major focus on permaculture and traditional fruit and veggie production. We will work together to get our products to market such as farmers market booths, art shows, auctions, craft fairs, etc.. This will also allow us to easily build self-sufficiency into the community while maintaining the ability to cover community expenses. Each location will offer classes, stays and retreats for the external community to enjoy, providing an opportunity for our members to provide their wisdom and skills to others. This will allow for additional member revenue as well as for those outside the community to see who we are, providing full transparency of our workings, but most importantly, offering a view into how we make our way of living work, and how it could work for others. We are currently looking for Founders. We have a few options ahead and need some more help from those also looking to start a community. The first option is buy a piece of land together and build the Village Center. Land prices are a bit high right now, but we’re still constantly checking the market. The second option would be a small detour: We have a small plot of land in an urban location owned by one of the founders (DJ) with enough land for 2 ADU’s and 2-3 tiny homes. This could offer a place to come together and practice, put our ideas to play and build our relationships. Once we have a few more members, we hope to all make a decision together. We’re open to anyone, any race, religion, gender, age, belief, anything – we’re very accepting people. Here are some skills or interest that could be helpful: Project planning, design, permaculture, farming, building, framing, plumbing, concrete work, non-profits, social media management, videography, podcast, writing, photography, woodworking, masonry, sowing, and ceramics – obviously this is the short list :) Are you into self sufficiency, being in control of your food and water and energy, are you crafty, spiritual, on a mission to be a better human and live a long and prosperous life leaving the world better then you found it? If so, we might all get along really well!