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Evening Rain Farm

Kapoho, Hawaii, Big Island

Evening Rain Farm is currently a privately owned successful experiment in sustainable living on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is 22 acres in Kapoho, with over 1,000 trees planted, including palms, bananas, bamboos, and fruit and nut trees. The farm has 5 functional kitchens, barn, infrastructure, communal building, lots of food being produced, and substantial electrical and water systems for off-grid living. (see website EveningRainFarm.com)

At this time, the farm is simply a developed piece of land and one person's vision. I now want to create my farm into a community, owned collectively through an LLC. I am looking for about 8-12 individuals to contribute to buy shares of the property. The entire property is worth about $400K, so if there were 12 individuals, we would each contribute $33K. I own some, but not all of this property.

My vision is to join with individuals who enjoy other people and themselves, who are curious, who know what gratitude feels like, who are practicing self awareness, who genuinely say "yes" to differences, who can live together and thrive even in the midst of conflict, who are taking action towards the health of the planet and the health of their bodies, who take pleasure in working the land together, and who know joy.

Contact:

Scott Middlekauff
Phone: 808-747-0507

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This page last updated:10/30/2012

Visitor Process: call or email and we'll talk

Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:

Housing in our community is incidental to employment and therefore fair housing laws do not apply (though employment discrimination laws may).

Our community does not discriminate in regards to housing based on race/color, national origin, religion, sex/gender, family status (i.e. having children, not having children, or being pregnant), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, source of income, age, creed, personal appearance, political affiliation, HIV infection, military/veteran status, unfavorable military discharge, gender identity or expression, receiving public assistance, or being the victim of domestic abuse.

Comment: it is a working farm, and members must be able to contribute to the farm work

Population Members(adults and children): 1 Open to new members: Yes	Government Decision Making: By consensus (consensus minus one to prevent blocking) Identified Leader: No	Labor and Money Financial Style: Members have independent finances Labor Contribution: Expected (possibly one hour per day) Join Fee: Yes (must becoe part owner/shareholder of LLC which owns the land) Regular Fees: Yes (maintenance of utilitiy infrastructure, land taxes, upkeep of farm tools)
Land and Buildings Rural (8 miles from town) Area: 22 acres (8.9 hectares) Land Owned By: The community Number of Residences: 5 (we will build to suit ourselves. currently 8 structures.) Cohousing: No	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: over 50% (100% is reasonable) Share Community Meals: (we shall see, eh? once per day...) Dietary Choice or Restrictions: Diet is up to each individual Alcohol Use: (please no addictionss) Tobacco Use: Seldom used (please no addictions)

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