Communities Directory: Merry Fox Community

Forming Formed: 1999 Established: 2002

Merry Fox Community

Grand Rapids, Michigan,

United States

The Merry Fox Community is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We are dedicated to a spiritual, sustainable, and vegetarian lifestyle. Our house is set on a 2.2 acre plot in the city. Currently 5 people live at the house. We have one room to finish in the basement, which will give it about a 6 person capacity.

Besides finishing the basement, our other projects are landscaping our current property by creating orchards and gardens and filling in the lawn.

We want to buy 5-10 acres of land for an organic farm in about two years. If that farm is successful, we would like to continue expansion until we have about 2000 acres and 1000 people in the community.

Website: http://www.geocities.com/merryfoxcommunity

Contact:

Dan Boss
2265 7th St NW
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504 United States
Phone: 616-453-4682

Last Updated:5/9/2006

Visitors Accepted

(we don't have a lot of room at the house, but I'm sure we could work something out)

Visitor Process: email or call us.

Affiliations: Blackberry

Network Affiliations:

Fellowship for Intentional Community

Population Adult Members: 3 Child Members: 0 Non-member Residents: 2 (our renters) Open to new adults: Yes Open to new children: Yes Gender Balance: 100% M 0% F	Government Decision Making: By majority rule (we're so small and new that we haven't needed an official decision making process) Identified Leader: No Leadership Core Group: No (Dan is sort of heading up the project)	Labor and Money Financial Style: Partial income sharing (there is no income sharing required) Labor Contribution: Expected Join Fee: No Regular Fees: No (we may have small dues eventually)
Land and Buildings Suburban (we want to create rural and urban communities as well) Area: 2.2 acres (0.9 hectares) (we want to expand) Land Owned By: The community (our parents and our sister's names are also on the deed, even though they don't live at the house) Number of Residences: 1 Cohousing: No	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 1-5% (we plan to increase this to about 25% within two years) Share Community Meals: 1 time/week Dietary Choice or Restrictions: Diet is up to each individual (lacto/ovo vegetarian diet) Dietary Practice: Primarily vegetarian Alcohol Use: Seldom used Tobacco Use: Seldom used	Social Factors Open to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender members: Yes Shared Spiritual Path: No Which Spiritual Path(s): Ecumenical (includes "all religions") Educational Style(s): Home schooling :: Public schooled (any schooling is acceptable, but I think homeschooling is a good choice)

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