Large Marge Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 So, in regard to Flymykitehigh's suggestion of a co-op festival venue... I think it's a very fine idea and would not really be that hard to accomplish, would it? We could get the Bash-Man to figure out how to sell the shares and such and maybe create a non-profit org to become land owner. With a bit of research, I'm sure we could figure this out. I've got $1000 I can slap down on the VISA right now... I only need 48 more crazies to get on board MLS®: 2066804 $49,000 674 BOSLEY RD Tweed Munic, Ontario K0K 2K0 Elzevir, Tweed, Quinte, Eastern 7, Ontario BLACK RIVER - GORGEOUS ACREAGE TO BUILD. PICTURESQUE VIEWS, TRAILS AND REFORESTED (15 YRS AGO) EVERGREENS ON LOT. PRIVATE. CALL NOW!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 If this actually works/actually is legit I am down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 great start...lets roll with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Fetish Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 co-ops and communal land, a reality all over the world. it can be tough to get started, but can happen and does- Half the battle is for sure getting a good and committed group of people together that will truely share the tasks/ duties- I'd like to say you can count me in too- but I'm not trying to horn in on somenoe elses thing. That being said I would be very interested.lot's of resources and people to contact about how to do this on this site. Intentional Communities now that i think of it- didn't the OM fest folks do this? Om Festival Message Board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lara Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 I'm interested!Course it depends on so many things...Anyone on the board have experience doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Fetish Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Not me personally per say - however my mother. Stepfather and crew that they were friends with back in the day started one that is still going called Dragonfly- up in Lake St. Peter ON. Link to Intentional Communities Directory Listing for Dragonfly Farm ((There are LOTS of communes up in that neck of the woods). I also did my thesis in my BA on kids that had experienced this growing up and how it impacted them.I am sort of hooked into the community by default as it were on many levels and surely do have the contacts that know the ins and outs of making this a reality- I could certainly contact people with specific questions if there was a group really interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briguy Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Very interesting. I have loads of experience with setting up and running non-profit orgs, grant writing, funding, etc. It's a great idea and I'd put in some serious time towards the effort. Plus I'd love to promote some bands on a killer piece of land. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 I'm interested as well.Maybe a meeting of some sorts would be beneficial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Interested Aussi.I know some Ottawa kids were saying that they'd like a CTMF closer to them.This seems like a solid middle ground.Beautiful up that way too.Keep me in the loop.Deeps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 you should consider land over near Bancroft/Haliburton Highlands area. My friend and I bought 26 acres this past June, with 775' of frontage on the Irondale River. Contau Lake is across the road. It's very private and AWESOME!! We paid $43,000 for it. It has an incredibly diverse forest (maple, ash, black cherry, birch, 3 different types of oak, eastern hop hornbeam, sumac, poplar, pine, hemlock, spruce, balsam, tamarack, and cedar just to name a few). There is a huge environmentally protected swamp on our land, and the river is soooooo private. Do it folks, you won't regret it. I'm hoping to have a party weekend up there sometime soon. All skanks welcome Ask POG or mooose about the property..they can vouch for it's headiness. Here's a few pics of our little bit of heaven. mooosey...floatin in the boat and drunk on Creemore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 I can vouch for what Cowboy is saying... the property he bought is absolutely gorgeous,... didnt make it down to the river as it was more a chill out , relax away from work kinda weekend but it is a nice little piece of heaven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Fetish Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 (edited) can't say I have experiecne setting up and no-profit- being burnout in one yes...but by coincidence- I also assist with grant writing now in the academic world though.As far as bancroft and beautiful- my parents own land up there as well- in McMarthur Mills/ Boulter area. (just past bancroft going to Ottawa.)As i mentinoed the Dragonfly farm is up in that neck of the woods- (Lake St. Pter is going north to the Park.) the farm is on mink Lake road.As well- there are other intentional communities up there such as Killaoe.there is morningglory.... MorningGlory Farm and then this is the list of those that are in the Directory for Ontario. =Ontario]Ontario ok linky no working - I guess cause it is a db query- anyway- you can go and search for ontario on the site. Edited August 25, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Compression Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Large Marge you rock for planting this seed and I love that people are excited. I am interested in trying to make this work, our very own Skank Fest, ahhhhh. Lets make sure we can be as loud as we want. We need to make sure where ever the land is, that there is no chance of an old hermit storming thought the woods on an ATV screaming "no drums". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggaemuffin Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 I like the sounds of this also, it would be great to have a place to host festivals and hang out. Bancroft is a beautiful area having lots of trees, lakes and wildlife. The area brings back so many good memories having spent my summers growing up on Purdy lake not too far away from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Large Marge Posted August 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Large Marge you rock for planting this seed and I love that people are excited. Sewing the seeds of love baby Thanks for the idea! Hey Cowboy, how'd you find your little piece of heaven (I'm talking about the land this time, not the lovely Mooosey); by chance or through an agent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 margaret, you are awesome ever heard of Dignam's? they sell rural, out of the way property for dead cheap. they also do their own in-house financing. we get their catalogue, and it's full of properties that would work that carry for a few hundred $$ a month. maybe edger is on to something. meeting anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Fetish Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 very interesting site- thanks for the link.looks like the interest continues.yes thanks for bringing this up LM. Starting a COOP- advice from Ontario source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Hey Cowboy, how'd you find your little piece of heavenI used mls.ca originally, which led me to an agent in the area I wanted to buy land. She had the listing so we paid no real estate fees. We also offered $10K less than the asking price and ended up paying $7 thousand less. Good luck with this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark tonin Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 I love this idea, and the enthusiasm that it has generated. Having said that, I think that the easy part would be to get the land. The trickier part would be to get it set up so that it could host large festivals without being shut down. A Camp Skank that is set up to host a party with 200 or 500 or even 1000 people is one thing, but a Camp Skank that could succesfully host a large festival would require much more effort. Lots of great discussion and ideas floating around on this board over the last few weeks ... it gives me much hope and optimism for the state and fate of the canjam scene! OK, time for a blast of nature ... I look forward to seeing some of you at Frontier Town, and to catching up on some reading in a week ... Peace, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimafleck: the living legend. Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 i'm in.however, we would need to establish a set of "rules" that are to be followed by all members of said land.these rules would be decided by "the elders" ....the elders would need to elect a "leader".and we would need to sacrfice at least 2 babies to the hippy demi gods to keep the "vibes" pure on the land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 and we would need to sacrfice at least 2 babies to the hippy demi gods to keep the "vibes" pure on the land. priceless your a funny dude, I hope I meet you at moe.down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Let's sacrifice Dima. He's obviously a virgin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 we would need to establish a set of "rules" that are to be followed by all members of said land.Periodically, the rules might mysteriously evolve in the middle of the night. For instance, the rule, "All skanks are to be sketched" would one morning appear with the words, "but some skanks are to be more sketched than others" appended in oblique lettering in the margin. Having spent summers up at Paudash Lake in Haliburton since I was a kid, I'd vouch loudly for that bit of the province. It's all a pretty engaging prospect - keep the ball rolling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Paudash Lakeyou should ask mooose to sing you her song about Paudash someday..it's a goodin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 lovin' this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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