12/20/2023
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Shannon Farm community residents tell their stories and how the FIC Directory helped them find just the right place to settle. Help us keep connecting people and communities. Donate for our end-of-the-year campaign: ic.org/co-create-our-future
“I was living in Berkeley, California in 1992 and was severely depressed; waking up and wondering when it would be late enough to go back to bed. I was aimlessly wandering a local bookshop and I saw a copy of the [FIC] Directory. “Wow,” my brain exploded with a level of energy and interest I hadn't felt in a long time. I had worked in coops and collectives my whole life, but had forgotten that communes and communities exist. I bought the book. I read it cover to cover. I color highlighted communities based on my made up categories - expensive, weird, religious, etc. - and planned a tour. I got a cross country bus ticket, started at Alpha Farm in Oregon and ended at Twin Oaks Community in VA. I’ve lived at Shannon Farm Community for over 20 years.” - Melissa Wender
“There was a time my partner and I moved regularly to new areas. After living in one location where we could not find community and connectedness, we decided we would not settle in a place where we didn’t first have a friend. In 2020, in the midst of covid-19, we decided to leave the west coast and our rich local community of friends in order to be closer to our aging parents. But we no longer had close friends in our home towns! We used the online FIC directory to begin to search for and visit communities that could be a fit for us. We found some friends, and then many more. Two years later we moved to Shannon Farm Community with immense gratitude for the community we’ve found here.” - Sarah Beth Tracy
