Carmen’s Substack
Welcome to my corner of the storm — a space for revolution, reclamation, and raw truth. This is my personal Substack. While I may write about projects I’m involved in — like Unity Harbour or SkyStone Vale — the thoughts here are my own.
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Why We Chose Rural Colorado (opens the original)
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There is a difference between predicting that something terrible will happen and preparing for the possibility that it might.That distinction matters.Because when we started looking at rural Colorado, some people probably saw land.I saw infrastructure.I saw distance.I saw housing.I saw work.I saw community.And, increasingly, I saw something else:a place where people could go if the legal, political, economic, or personal circumstances around them became unsafe.Not a bunker.Not a hospital.Not an
Exciting Update! (opens the original)
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Hi everyone,We have an exciting update on the property opportunity.We now have enough community members committed to the project that we are likely going to be able to secure the property. We have reached out to the realtor and are working toward submitting an offer soon after the property visit on the 18th, and no later than shortly thereafter.As previously discussed, the current opportunity for community members is to participate in helping us acquire the property at the approximately $20,000
What If We Built the Next Chapter Together? (opens the original)
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There is something I don’t think we talk about enough when we talk about building community:Sometimes building the dream is messy.Sometimes there are disagreements.People leave.People get removed.Communication breaks down.Plans change.The thing you thought would happen in June happens in September.And sometimes you find yourself standing in the middle of all of it thinking:Okay. We’re still here. So what do we build now?I want to start there.Because before I talk about property, buildings, money
Dear Community, (opens the original)
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I want to provide a clear written statement about what has happened, where things currently stand, and what I am willing to do to support members of our community moving forward.First, my hope is that we can all simply move forward, get to the new community, and be happy. There have been a lot of bumps in the road, but I do not want those bumps to define what we are building or prevent people from having the community and stability we originally set out to create.At the same time, I believe ever
Something Special Is Taking Shape (opens the original)
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We have an exciting opportunity developing that we do not want our community to miss.On September 18, we’ll be hosting a LIVE Zoom walkthrough for current community members and others who are seriously interested in learning more about a new property we’re exploring.And honestly?This one is special.When we first heard about the property, we thought we were looking at one thing. As we’ve gotten deeper into the details, we’ve discovered that there is actually far more to the property than we initi
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