Utah OSR Land Co-op
Benefits, Features, Costs and Obligations
Benefits
A share in the Utah OSR Land Cooperative gives you these benefits:
- A cooperative’s equivalent of a title to 2 acres at the Riverbed Ranch modern homesteading community
- Two acre-feet of water rights (that’s 651,702 gallons a year)
- One vote in the co-op
- Opportunity to participate in group purchases of products and services needed to build your homestead
- Opportunity to sell your products and services through the co-op
- First stab at job openings within the co-op, and the opportunity to spearhead the creation of sub-cooperatives to provide jobs and goods and services to the co-op and/or outside customers.
Features
The Utah OSR Land Co-op’s Riverbed Ranch homesteading community will feature:
- Utah OSR Land Co-op Construction Group (can build your home and other buildings)
- An RV and camping park. This way, shareholders who choose to do so can live in the RV park while building out their homestead
- A greenbelt area running up the middle of the community, including a hiking trail, honeybee-friendly trees and bushes, a road, and future plans of a creek
- High-speed fiber optic Internet provided by The OSR Co-op and Beehive Broadband
- Co-op store for importing and exporting goods
- A future BMX bicycle course for kids to enjoy
Costs
Initial – A share in the Utah OSR
| 800 ft²/small | 1600 ft²/med. | 2400 ft²/large | |
| Utah OSR Land Co-op share: | $20,000 | ||
| Water well (incl. labor & depends on depth): | $5,000 | $10,000 | $15,000 |
| Greenhouses: | $1,500 | $18,000 | $35,000 |
| Barn or shop: | $1,500 | $38,000 | $75,000 |
| Septic (depends on type & leach field size): | $3,500 | $8,000 | $12,000 |
| Heavy equipment work: | $7,000 | $11,000 | $15,000 |
| Materials (includes solar): | $60,000 | $110,000 | $160,000 |
| Labor (approx. $40 / sq ft): | $32,000 | $64,000 | $96,000 |
| Approximate Total: | $130,000 | $279,000 | $428,000 |
Additional Community Features
Similar to an industrial park, the Utah OSR Land Co-operative has set aside 40 acres for the following privately owned and operated services:
- Academy of click to download), and contact Jesse Fisher (Call: 801-494-1849) for an appointment with Philip Gleason.
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Hi there, we sold our home last year in Saint George, and baught another home in Montana. I wish I heard about your Co op, before we purchased this house in Montana., If I knew my husband & I would be living with you. It sound very promising the idea to live off the grid. I have regrets…Sincerely, Cielo Jerde.