Hello fellow permie community folk! After years of meetings, upheaval, research, babies, comings and goings, legal stuff, potlucks, and a few more meetings, we are happy to announce that we've created
Bear Creek Community Land Trust in NE Missouri! What began as a loose network of satellite homesteads around the Possibility Alliance has evolved into a cohesive community.
More info
HERE
I don't want to just rewrite a bunch of things already mentioned on our website, but I'll try to give some basics...
We relied heavily on previous work done by Red Earth Farms,
see here, as well as their neighbors,
Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. These communities are about a 45 minute drive from ours. We are made up of individual leaseholds where members have autonomy within our bylaws, as well as substantial chunks of common land that can be used for cooperative agricultural pursuits or shared communal infrastructure. The land has a good amount of mixed hardwood deciduous forests, prairies/pastures, many ponds, and a few seasonal creeks.
Some of our founding members include the
White Rose Catholic Worker Farm as well as
Giving Tree Homestead (yes, that's
me!)
Here's a reasonable map that is not definitive, but close enough..
Our very first visitor
thingy is rapidly approaching, but we will have other opportunities to visit throughout the rest of the season.
Please please let me know if anyone has any feedback or questions regarding our exciting new adventure!