Swamp Dog Hobble

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About the Community

  • Forming
  • Urban

What we do

Please do see our website for the living version of this listing, where we continue to refine our definition of our community, where we lay out community guidelines, where we chronicle some of our previous activity.

Our home is a bustling, bumpin’ one, chock full of good music, food, and stories. We divide house costs on what we call a socialized scheme, where members negotiate what portion of house costs they can accommodate given their circumstances. We challenge one another, though mostly through invitation. We share food, and more importantly, meals with one another and with communities beyond our walls.

Our Vision

The intention of this community is to prompt and foster growth, nourish its members health in all forms. We encourage creative expression, acceptance of ourselves and others, active and ongoing communication, and levity. We support each other to accomplish security in our shared home and lives. We strive to have a positive impact on our broader communities, both small and large.

Our Mission

The intention of this community is to prompt and foster growth, nourish its members health in all forms. We encourage creative expression, acceptance of ourselves and others, active and ongoing communication, and levity. We support each other to accomplish security in our shared home and lives. We strive to have a positive impact on our broader communities, both small and large.

  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Commune
  • 7 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
7

How to join

Calling all artists, cooks, farmers, puppeteers, musicians, dancers, carpenters, scientists, makers and bakers of all kinds to join our flowing growing communal house!

We have 1 October sublet + 2-3 long term positions available!

We’re looking for 2-3 new members to join us within the next few months (timelines flexible) and co-sign the new lease come December.

 

If we fit what you’re looking for, write to us and share your responses to these prompts:

What is your name, and what pronouns do you use?

Why do you want to live here?

How do you express your creativity?

Tell us about a time you engaged with someone who had significant difference in values from you (beyond pineapple on pizza)

What’s something that gets you fired up?

 

We’re excited to hear from you, to get to know you better, and to meet your curiosity.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

To visit, write to us!

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

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

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

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

Monthly fees/dues: $1400
Labor required: 2 hours/week
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes

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

Common House, Garden(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Large Scale Kitchen, Fire pit, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • 2-5 times per week

Substance use culture

  • Substance use appears in public spaces but no pressure

Reviews

Location

  • New York, United States

Swamp Dog Hobble

Promoted Needs and Offers

Need
  • Communities with Openings
8 months ago

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