About the Area
The lots at Riverbed Ranch homesteading community range from 2.0 to 2.4 acres. Each lot comes with at least 4 acre-feet of water rights.
Riverbed Ranch is nestled between the Keg Mountain and Simpson Mountain ranges, is about a mile wide and 3 miles long. Over half of the 250 lots are spoken for as of 8/15/22, with about 1 being claimed each week. A local well-driller has given the co-op a good deal on drilling wells for residents. The land has been successfully farmed since at least the 1950s, and likely earlier than that. The land happily grows garden veggies, and is well-known locally for the high-quality alfalfa it can produce.
About this particular lot
Lot 28's share is being sold for $28k by a couple that purchased two shares thinking their adult kids might want one. Now they're ready to sell it and are happy to sell below the going rate. And, the price of neig...
Lot 28's share is being sold for $28k by a couple that purchased two shares thinking their adult kids might want one. Now they're ready to sell it and are happy to sell below the going rate. And, the price of neighboring lots is going up to $35k on Sept.1st, 2022, so this is a super deal. The lot is 2.1 acres, running 441.49' north and south, and 210.0 feet East and West. Has a nice view of both the Simpson Mountains on the Northeast, and, Keg Mountain on the Southwest.
######## Due to inflation stressing the co-op's budget, all shares, including ours, are going up by $5k September 1st ########
About the Project
Riverbed Ranch is a creation of the Utah OSR Land Cooperative, a non-profit land developer created for the benefit of those who join the co-op. This is not a political or religious project, it is an agricultural cooperative organized by a leading co-op attorney according to Utah law.
For those wanting access to more land, all that is required of a shareholder (or group of shareholders) to use some of the additional 500 acres of farmland is to submit a simple business plan to the co-op board. That plan would need to outline how much land was needed, the preferred location, how much water, and a dissolution clause (we want to all end up friends if any such project were to fail). The plan would also need to outline how the shareholder(s) would benefit and how the co-op would benefit from the use of the additional acreage.
Requirements
There are no CC&Rs and no plans for an HOA (nearly all of us would resist one ever being formed).
Each shareholder, however, agrees to build the following within 3 years:
1. A passive solar home, of at least 600 square feet, that requires little or no energy to heat or cool. We recommend at least 800 square feet of living space.
2. Shop or Barn for animals and/or storage (no minimum size)
3. Greenhouse, minimum 600 square feet, 1,200 recommended.
4. Garden/orchard
5. 6" well with 2 horse power pump with 400' of lift.
6. Approved sanitation system (ie. septic).
Motivation
Our current shareholders value this agricultural cooperative as an ideal opportunity to enjoy:
Self-Sufficiency - Providing for their family's essential needs without having to rely on markets or the government for food, water, power or sanitation.
Family - Providing their children a more carefree rural lifestyle, where they can learn to work.
Safety - A place of safety for their families, from things either now or in the future, and
Heath - The health benefits of growing your own more-nutritious, non-GMO food untainted by pesticides and herbicides.
Benefits
A share in the Utah OSR Land Cooperative gives you these benefits:
1. A cooperative's equivalent of a title to 2 acres at the Riverbed Ranch farm-steading community
(it's called a proprietary occupancy agreement and can be bought and sold just like a title).
2. At least 4 acre-feet of water rights (the board recently raised that figure from 2.5 acre-feet),
3. A vote in the cooperative,
4. Opportunity for group purchases of products and services needed to build your homestead.
5. Opportunity to sell your products and services through the co-op,
6. First stab at job openings within the cooperative, and
7. The opportunity to spearhead the creation of sub-cooperatives to provide jobs and goods and services to the co-op members and/or outside customers.
Features
The Utah OSR Land Cooperative's Riverbed Ranch farm-steading community will (or does) feature:
- High-speed satellite Internet through Skylink or Hughesnet (both in place),
- A future K-12 school, and other community services (listed below). Current residents have organized a homeschool co-op.
- A future BMX bicycle course for kids to enjoy,
- A greenbelt area running up the middle of the community is under construction. It will include a hiking trail, honeybee-friendly trees and bushes, a road, and maybe someday, a creek.
- An RV and camping park is also in progress with several guests staying there already. Shareholders who so choose can live in the RV park while building out their homestead. And later, guests can stay and enjoy the community.
- Co-op store for importing and exporting goods and produce. It currently offers diesel, gasoline, and propane.
Additional Planned Community Services
Similar to an industrial park, the Utah OSR Land Cooperative has set aside 45 acres for the following privately owned and operated services (which will likely all be staffed by local residents):
1. Academy of Self-Reliance higher-learning campus, including a ropes course.
2. The OSR K-12 campus,
3. Assisted Living / Retirement Home
4. Whole Health / Life Coach clinic
5. Child Rescue Home (Fresh Start program)
6. Young Mothers Home
7. Equine / Canine Therapy Barn
Directions
It's really best if you get directions by registering for our Saturday tours.
(If you absolutely can't make a Saturday tour, but can afford the minimum of $230k to build out your farm, AND if you swear on a stack of Oreo cookies that you'll actually show up, a mid-week tour can be arranged). :)
Google, "Utah OSR Land Co-op", click the map, and then "Directions". Type in your location. Google Maps will show you the fastest route (in blue).
Once you arrive, come in through the TALL green gate and park in front of the Welcome Center. Usually someone will be inside and can show you the most-current lot map.
Again, it's really best to come for a tour. That way you can meet some of our residents, hear our latest updates, and see what progress we're making building our town.
