Hi there!
We’re building a co-housing community for 30-50 people in Arvada, CO. We’re creating a place to belong, support each other and enjoy the beauty of nature. We’re looking for people who want more than just a home — they want a village. Come join us for an upcoming evening of connection and exploration of community life!
The land
Over 13 acres of open space ready for us to design together in a way that makes life fun and enjoyable. 1 large community house with 3 separate living spaces already exists, also 2 large barns are already on the property, ready to be converted for our fun adventures. We also have permits for 3 further houses and plenty of space for mobile homes.
13 acres, 1 large building, 2 barns
Together as individuals
Our dream is to create spaces with and for you that allow us to stay true to your own individuality. That means to be able to close the door to our private home or space when we need it and come into community and connection when it feels right. We want to encourage each other to take up as much space as possible and become as much of yourself as possible, all while staying in connection with each other and navigate our difference. We believe this is the basis of a strong community.
Leaning into conflict, come, bring all of you!
The most important pillar of Wild Life Ranch is active conflict resolution. All of the intentional communities we’ve lived in have shown us that being able to resolve conflict is a make or break factor for longevity and living in joy together. Our dream is that we make space regularly to express the whole rainbow of emotions to each other. All of us is welcome and expressing ourselves to each other in moments of comfort and discomfort is our path to harmony and authenticity. Come, bring all of yourself!
So much room for activities!
Community governance and collaboration
Our proposal is for the community to be organized by sociocratic principles, with explicit and shared shared power structure to make collaborating fun and for everyone to have agency. Sociocracy evolves around 3 core ideas:
Group decisions by consent
Giving consent to proposals means the absence of an objection from every individual of the group. This allows us to make things happen without everyone needing to feel 100% excited about everything. Consent can be revoked at any time, by which point the decision item returns to the agenda for the next group meeting.
Circle structure
To collaborate together we form circles that take on domains and responsibilities. We might form a farming circle, a leadership circle, a maintenance circle, a construction and building circle, a party circle and others that create projects and organize themselves semi-autonomously.
Free elections
People get to join circles through the free elections process and become a part of the circle for a set period of time (e.g. 2 years) before new elections take place or people phase themselves out of certain circles to take a break or join others.
3 Vision Images of Wild Life Ranch
Over the last years as we’ve been dreaming and brainstorming about Wild Life, 3 vision images emerged:
Every day life
We live in simple, small houses surrounded by a shared, large community building. We spend most of our time outdoors, have access to delicious and plentiful food from our farms, fruit trees and other naturally growing herbs, seeds and spices. We live among animals that we take care of and honor and also acknowledge that they serve us with their meat, wool, eggs, backs to ride and company.
Connection
We open our doors for visitors to spend time with us and learn how to live in simple, conscious and alive community. Our gatherings are fun, lightweight and impactful to transfer the ancient knowledge about human life that lives in all of our bodies over to everyone who comes, waking up that ancient knowledge inside of them. We laugh together, cry together, process together and live in peace with each other most of the time.
Passion and Purpose
Everyone is going after what they really love, caring for horses, farming the land, working on laptops, caring for animals and babies and humans, yoga, moving their bodies, teaching, swimming, building buildings, cooking, singing, dancing, there is something for everyone and in the end it is a beautiful work of art we have all created together.
Join the village!
If you’re also longing for life in community for you and your family and connection with other people, a place to belong and express yourself and share some every day activities with people, join us for our monthly gatherings at the ranch