Please keep donating! We don’t have quite enough funds yet — but we’re starting anyway.
As of today, the first batch of materials has arrived, and the site is being actively prepped. While we don’t yet have enough to fully enclose the building, we’re beginning construction with a 30x50 ft open-air pavilion, built on concrete piers using locally milled lumber. Walls will be added between the posts later as funds allow.

Current Build Plan:

• Footprint: 27' x 48' structure with a 30' x 50' roof
• Design: Pavilion-style, with potential to be enclosed in the future
• Posts: 6x6 rough-cut oak beams set in 12" diameter sonotubes, sunk 24" deep (10" below frost line) on 12" of compacted gravel
• Connections: Powder-coated post bases, T-straps, L-straps, and structural screws to create a continuous load path from roof to footing (maximizing uplift resistance)
• Roof: Not yet pictured; 4/12 pitch with pre-fabricated trusses spaced at 3', purlins, and corrugated metal roofing. (Chosen pitch allows easier, safer work during construction)
• Bracing: Diagonal braces will be added (not pictured). T- and L-straps help reduce the need for bracing on every post
• Floor: Gravel for now; concrete slab may be poured in the future

Estimated materials cost: $12,500

One year progress video: https://x.com/i/status/1852900049958912209

First year: legal framework created; property purchased; all shares sold; 50-acres of damaged forest/brushland cleared; 1–2 miles of road carved out; six wells installed; multiple septic systems set up; and power and fiber internet extended to the area, among other developments.

Next year goals: further harden the legal framework; release framework for other RTTL communities; purchase more land; improve roads; build many starter homes; build community center; bring utilities deeper into property; recruit members with valuable skills; expand our media capabilities.

Community Center:

We've been focusing on other developments but the community center is now a high priority. Thank you everyone — we're up to $5,361!

Find us on Telegram: https://t.me/+XUkaw8CwBNlhYTAx

$3,981 in donations! Thank you everyone! We'll be having an meeting soon with the LLC members about the construction plans for the community center.

• $700 was voted to go towards improvements to the community center road.

Thank you for the donations! We're up to $2,366 so far. So far we have the community center well installed, much of the foundation footers have been dug, and stones were collected at the last work party to use in the stone foundation. As construction on the community center progresses, we'll determine the best use of these funds.