ABOUT OUR LITTLE VILLAGE: We share and care for a large patch of forest on Nisenan Ancestral Homelands ten minutes from downtown Nevada City, CA—biking distance from town yet out on the edge of civilization and into the wild South Yuba canyon. We are currently five families (with five children, ages 1-11), a handful of single adults, five dogs (at our max), several cats, and some chickens. In part because of the rigor of our process for welcoming new villagers and our collective practices discussed below—along with, no doubt, a healthy dose of good fortune—we have so far succeeded in gathering a lovely group of humans while avoiding many of the pitfalls and drama that often come with intentional community life. We value proactively attending to relationships, open-mindedness and non-dogmatism, honoring Indigenous people and wisdom, more bikes/fewer cars, social and racial justice, reducing ecological impacts of being modern humans and having more fun. To care for our relationship with the land, we regularly come together for work days and have a commitment for everyone in the village to participate in a minimum of eight hours of land work per month. We typically do this work together on Sundays, and it’s one of our primary ways of enjoying each other's company while connecting more deeply to the land itself. We pride ourselves on learning how to be exceptional stewards of the forest, and many of our work days involve thinning brush and doing controlled burns. Others involve things like building and caring for community spaces, and most all involve an opportunity to learn, practice or share new skills. To care for our relationships with each other, we also come together in Council several times per year and ask that everyone participate. These are not meetings, per se, but rather a chance to speak and listen from the heart. Land work and Council are vital parts of our commitment to reciprocity, groundedness, honesty and accountability, which we hold as values that strengthen our community. SHARED COMMUNITY AMENITIES Organic community garden, greenhouse and orchard Fully equipped community kitchen Wood-fired hot tub Year-round creek Many miles of private biking and hiking trails 1500 sq ft community movement/music/study/work space Fully equipped wood/metal/sewing shop Three shared electric bikes and bike shop Cob and brick pizza/bread oven Two community fire circles Shared laundry Shared campsites Chicken coop Electric sawmill and logging equipment Grid-tied solar power with battery backup Low cost storage facility Shared farm truck Plus some other secret ones! If you are interested, please fill out *ALL* questions on this form (we will not respond until this is complete): https://forms.gle/BQXXnKc9wyqN5JbA9 If it seems like there’s a good potential fit after reviewing your responses, we’ll get in touch to set up an interview. We will ask for references. SPOTS AVAILABLE: Flat spot with electric and water hookups Access to shared bathroom several hundred feet away Access to composting toilet, but no sewer hookup $750 (for 1) - there's an additional $250 for an additional person, to cover utilities, etc. I am a community member at YuBarrio, and one of a few people facilitating the process with community applicants. My family of three has lived on this land for five years and hope to be here for many to come. $750 (for 1) is for monthly rent, including utilities and amenities (shared communal spaces, workshop, etc)- it's an additional $250 for an additional person, to cover utilities, etc. Our hope is to cultivate long-term living. After living on the land for a while, getting to know the community and land, there is a potential for buying into the partnership, if it's a good fit for all.