Apply to be a communitarian at the GreenRise Intentional Community

Start your journey to join the GreenRise Intentional Community here. We are an intentional community and therefore our application process takes longer than just renting an apartment. It’s divided into three phases, Community Application, Landlord Application, and Community Onboarding:

Community Application
- Complete this application to start
- Someone will call and talk with you
- We’ll arrange a time for you to tour the building (this is mandatory in most cases)
- You’ll also be expected to attend one of our community events so that more communitarians get a chance to meet you.
- At some point, our New Members Committee and other communitarians will interview you
- You’ll sign a Community Agreement

If all goes well with the above steps, we’ll check your references and ask you to join the community. At this point, you’ll need to apply to be a tenant in the building. We’ll forward your information to our landlord with a note that we have invited you to join the community

Landlord Application
- You’ll get an email from our landlord with instructions and a bill for a $100 non-refundable processing fee.
- After receiving your fee, the landlord wiill send your instructions on how where to go to complete a background and credit check
- Once you pass these checks, the landlord will arrange for you to sign a lease and place your initial deposit.
- During this process, you’ll get a move-in date, on which you’ll be able to pick up your keys and begin moving in.

After your move-in the New Members Committee will schedule you for a number of on-boarding sessions, to make sure that you are integrated into the community.

Community Membership Application

This form is used by potential communitarians to apply for membership in the community

NOTE: This application takes 15 to 30 minutes to complete. Please answer all questions truthfully and comprehensively. The words “Intentional Community” describe a wide spectrum of ways that residential communities organize themselves. While at one end there are groups that are highly disciplined around a missional purpose, there are other groups in which members hold similar values, for example, that of practicing voluntary simplicity, promoting sustainability, encouraging diversity and nurturing personal relationships. The GreenRise Intentional Community falls into the latter category. Even though many come to community life with high hopes and ideal expectations, some are disappointed because community life is always a work in progress. Instead of making the issues disappear with which the nation as-a-whole is grappling, our experience is that many of these issues can become intensified within the community life. Because intentional community living includes many benefits, there is often an illusion that somehow community living is easy. Our members pitch in to keep up the commons areas and give order to the community. It is misguided to think that this is a place to escape responsibility or that someone else will do your work. For example, if you believe that this community is a place primarily “to live on the cheap” this is not where you belong. However, if you want to engage with others in the adventure to help create a new life-style and build a culture of responsible living this may be your place.

Number of Applicants(Required)

Please enter a number from 1 to 4.

How many of you are applying to become members of the GreenRise Intentional Community?

Applicant Name(Required)

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2nd Applicant

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4th Applicant Section

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How did you first find out about the GreenRise Intentional Community(Required)

Please tell us in what social media you heard about our community(Required)

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When do you expect to move into the community(Required)