The property we are discussing was just purchased in April of this year. We are putting out the word as soon as it is discussed so bear with us as we try and convince you through this website why you and your camp should be one the theme camps to join our new burner city. Our full time recreational retreat/ campground. It may matter what we call it. Think what you could build if you call it a picnic shelter or shade structure instead of trying to get a fully permitted and legal certificate of occupancy for each building. You could build anything. We can build anything.
We now own 640 private acres surrounded on four sides by BLM public lands. It is located in Lassen County and is 3 miles off of US 395 and just 75 miles across Smoke Creek valley from Gerlach. It is called Sage Hen Pass. There is water on the property and all around it. S I expect we will have water also. It is elevated and secluded from the highway and is ideal for us, the burning man community. There is even an additional nearby section of property nearby that would allow us to grow if we decide to acquire it as well. See the map for more information and be sure to e-mail any questions. If it is a good question I will post the questions and the answers online for all to see. But first bear with me here and read about the concept I have and the vision I am trying to create..
If we own the property outright, we can enjoy the benefits of private property rights. There is a long standing understanding handed down to us in our legal system that by owning rural property, most bureaucratic obstacles are avoided because the property owners are generally allowed to do anything on own private property as long as no laws are broken and no complaint is made. Movie stars enjoy this kind of privacy on private property. Another way to explain it is to think of a hunting club. As long as the members hunt on private property and the law receives no complaints, and as long as no one gets shot, then no one cares how many members the hunting club has nor how often they visit the hunting club.
You heard me right. I did say “WE” own 640 acres in the second paragraph above. From the beginning of this adventure I have seen my role in this as simply to facilitate the acquisition and transfer of this special piece of property into a nonprofit controlled by the members and owned by the members. I have no intention of owning this project. It is going to be to big and so valuable that the idea of one person or one organization owning it scares me. Therefore I have decided to put the entire thing into a non-profit.
When thousands of artist are allowed to create art on their own property and keep what they create and continue to grow more emboldened each year; when 640 organized theme camps composed of 100 members each are surrounded by other artists and theme camps, and they too are allowed to grow each year, can you even imagine what they can do? It is only through burning man that I have been capable of receiving the vision I have had.
It is here, it is now, and it is cheap. I am willing to bet that $200 per member will cover the property purchase to join this most progressive new city. We can do this. Keep looking for updated material and e-mail us today.
I will soon provide a method of registering online. Until then please e-mail any questions to info@permaburn.org and if you think you are ready to join please e-mail us at join@permaburn.org and we will process you in. All membership choices will be based on a first member - first choice basis. Paypal is ready to accept your money and all of your money will be kept on deposit until the property is signed over into the non-profit.
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