Community Land Trust Technical Resources

About Land in Common

Land in Common: An Introduction and Invitation (PDF download).

Pathways for Land Protection: Working with Land in Common, a Guide for Landowners (PDF download).

Community Land Trust Ownership as a Strategy for Long-term Land Protection (PDF download).

Land in Common’s Ground Lease

Land in Common Land Commitment (ground lease) template (PDF download). This is the key legal document that structures the relationship between Land in Common and those living on the land (we call them “land stewards”). We also call it our “Land Commitment.”

A Guide to the Land in Common Land Commitment (PDF download). A summary of key elements of our Ground Lease.

LC Land Commitment Payment Calculation 2022-26 (PDF download). This is how we calculate how much each Land Steward pays for their annual Ground Lease fee.

General Community Land Trust Resources

Grounded Solutions (National CLT network)

CLT Roots and Branches (very rich archive of history and CLT theory)

North American Community Land Trust Directory (curated by Center for New Economics)

Acknowledgment & Commitment

Land in Common does our work in occupied Wabanaki homelands, on and with land marked by long histories of injustice, resistance, and resilience.

We affirm that this is sacred Wabanaki land. We honor Wabanaki elders, past, present, and future, and we commit to active support for the sovereignty and flourishing of Wabanaki people and Nations.

We walk with the weight of history and with the ongoing realities of white supremacy, colonialism, genocide, and exploitation that rob so many people and communities of land and livelihood.

We honor the strength and resilience of all those who have resisted and persisted, and who have passed on the dream of a more just world.

We commit ourselves to the work of reckoning, reparation, land return, healing, and ongoing struggle for collective liberation, and to taking our leadership from those most impacted by injustice.