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Formed: 1994 Established: 1994
Sugar Mountain
Norwood, Missouri,
United States
 Sugar Mountain is a homesteading community, which is an intentional neighborhood of like-minded individuals, practicing skills of self-sufficiency and homesteading, to include livestock, animal husbandry, gardening, food preservation, and other skills.
Our neighborhood is striving towards self-sufficiency, independence, preparedness, and survival, with an eye toward preserving old-time skills that might otherwise be lost. We are NOT accepting any new family units at present.
Members are carefully selected, and only 1 or 2 family units are added per year. Over 5 years time, we went from 1 founding family unit to a total of 10 family units. We recently moved our entire community to another more remote location with smaller amount of acreage. We are currently at 5 family units, and we are NOT accepting new family units at present.
Please do not send e-mail solicitations, sales pitches, or promotions. We are not interested in joining protests or handing out pamphlets, books, or other reading materials for political or other causes.
  Status: Not Accepting Members
Website: http://www.sugarmountainhome.com/
Contact:
Missouri United States

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Links:
Sugar Mountain's Homesteading Home Site: Sugar Mountain's Homesteading Community, preparedness, gardening, livestock, alternative agriculture, some stuff just for fun.
Sugar Mountain's Homesteading Forum Board: Register for free membership. Discussions regarding community, homes & homesteading, whether urban, suburban, or rural; gardening; canning; self-sufficiency; preparedness; herbal uses; fiber arts; and making a homestead work for you.
Community location is placed at the center of the zip/postal code, city/state, or city/country (not based on street addresses)
Last Updated:9/23/2009
 
Visitors Not Accepted
Visitor Process: Contact by e-mail. For more information, please see our Homesteading Forum Board at: http://sugarmountainhome.com/phpBB/index.php
Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:
Our community does not provide land or housing and is therefore not subject to fair housing laws.

Population
Members(adults and children):
16
Non-member Residents:
0
Open to new members:
No
(1-2 family units per year.)
Government
Decision Making:
By a group of elders or other leaders
(Decisions are discussed at community meetings. Final decisions are made by community leaders)
Identified Leader:
Yes
Leadership Core Group:
Yes
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
Members have independent finances
(Each family unit supports themselves independently.)
Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt:
Yes
(Each family units pays their own debts and bills & supports themselves)
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(work parties by necessity/work sharing common)
Join Fee:
Yes
(Each family unit makes payments on their acreage, which they eventually own outright & hold deed to.)
Regular Fees:
Yes
(Only pmts for group projects. Members hooked up to community well, for example, share costs for electric to run pump & contribute to well repair fund.)
Land and Buildings
Rural
Area:
40 acres (16.2 hectares)
Land Owned By:
Individual community member(s)
Number of Residences:
6
Cohousing:
No
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
over 50%
Share Community Meals:
1-3 times/month
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
Diet is up to each individual
Dietary Practice:
Omnivorous
Alcohol Use:
Seldom used
Tobacco Use:
Used Often
Social Factors
Common Spiritual Practices:
No
Which Spiritual Traditions(s):
Ecumenical (includes "all religions")
(We have 2 ordained ministers, but do not govern religious beliefs.)
Educational Style(s):
Public schooled
(We are also registered with the county as a Home School & have done that in the past.)
 
 


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