Kawasiwajo Community Land Trust
New Hampshire
Warner
PO Box 51
3278
401-217-9335
2022
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Our purpose is to create resiliance and connection in the Kearsarge community through the intersection of land and housing.
Tripartite board of directors composed of elected KCLT members, KCLT residents/lessees, and public representative. Governance structure intended to allow the regional community to gain more autonomy over decision making around local land use and housing.
open-membership
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priority for low to moderate income residents
The KCLT grew out of conversations in 2019 around the need for workforce housing in the Warner area. In the spring of 2020, a group of Warner residents decided to form a community land trust, which they saw as the key to ensuring long-term stability in housing and land tenure for people in the Warner area. They identified the Foster Farm property as the first project. With financial support from a private individual, they acquired the property that fall and worked with volunteers to begin revitalizing it. In 2022, they formally incorporated as a non-profit organization with a board of members, community advisors and partners. The KCLT is working to establish cultural easements for culturally significant gathering/harvesting sites in collaboration with local Abenaki members.
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