Celebrate World CLT Day on May 15th

🏡 Join With Us As We Celebrate

World CLT Day on May 15th 🎉

At the core of every community is the pursuit of well-being, stability, and a sense of belonging. Community Land Trust (CLTs) are non-profit organizations that help cultivate environments where these values can flourish, holding land for the collective benefit of a place-based community. A CLT acts as a guardian of crucial assets - such as affordable housing, community gardens, civic buildings, and commercial spaces - ensuring these remain accessible and supportive of the community's long-term needs.

World CLT Day is a global event dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness about CLTs. It's a day to connect participants from across the world, showcase the contributions of CLTs towards affordable housing, community empowerment, and sustainable development, and emphasize the movement's commitment to inclusive growth and social change. The occasion serves as an opportunity to highlight the diverse global presence of CLTs, sharing success stories and the positive impact of their work on communities worldwide. Learn more at worldcltday.org

Hop on the CLT Tour Bus

Visit Trust Land Farm - The First CLT Farm in MT!

The CLT model was made possible by the visionary work of civil rights activists in the south.

The story of the modern CLT movement begins with New Communities, Inc., a prototype pioneered by Black civil rights activists in the United States. The seeds that fertilized that pioneering experiment however were drawn from traditions of ethical land tenure from around the world, such as the Gramdan villages of India, the Moshav settlements of Israel, the Garden Cities of England, the ejidos of Mexico and the Ujamaa Vijijini of Tanzania. The worldwide growth of the contemporary CLT reflects that global inheritance - and a future in which communities worldwide benefit from the security of tenure that community-owned housing on community-owned land can provide.

Content for this newsletter was provided by worldcltday.org.

Montana Housing Partnership Conference May 18-20

We get around! Bill and Dawn will be at the Montana Housing Partnership Conference at Fairmont Hot Springs from May 18-20. Our teacher housing project in partnership with Red Lodge Area Community Foundation will be highlighted during the opening plenary address.

HOPE RAISERS

Thank you to all of our donors!

We can only do this work with your support!

This month we recognize:

Clearwater Credit Union for their on-going support &

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines for their matching grant.

This week is Monthly Giving Awareness Week. We are grateful for our Monthly Donors! If you would like to learn more about ways to support our work:

Please reach out to Dawn:

dawn@trustmontanaclt.org

(406) 868-7636

Raise Hope with Us!