The Bubbaland Community in Professorville, Palo Alto is looking for a new community member(s)! We are conveniently located near downtown Palo Alto, right behind the Town and Country Plaza. We are a 10-min walk to the Palo Alto Caltrain station, a quick walk or bike to Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, and a 10-min bike ride to Stanford’s main quad. We are a community of graduate students and young professionals (mid-20’s-30’s) who value sustainability and social justice, and strive to create a home that reflects these priorities. We are one house that is split into three different units: the downstairs co-op and two upstairs apartments. The current opening is for the second floor studio apartment. The apartment features a spacious kitchen, a bathroom with a shower, and a large crawl space for storage. The entire house engages in weekly house dinners, house meetings, and bi-monthly outdoor work days. Together, we share and communally work to maintain (and beautify!) our outdoor spaces, including a back patio, several garden areas, and a raised bed for herbs/vegetables. We also split utilities/WiFi across the complex, and have ample permitted street parking as well as a driveway with 3 parking spots (allocation to be decided across the three units) and a covered bike shed. We also value opportunities to build community both in and outside of the house. Before COVID, our household has hosted potlucks, open mic nights, “ballot research parties” to research local issues before voting, chamber music concerts, D&D and board game nights, and movie nights in our basement home theater. Sometimes we will go off on a hike or out for a volunteering activity together. In COVID-times, we’ve enjoyed socially distant bonfires on our patio, house excursions to Building Resources (amazing lot of recycled construction supplies) and Bay Natives (incredible California native plants for landscaping!) in SF, elaborate outdoor dinner parties, mushroom foraging trips and more. If you have ideas for group activities or programs you would like to run, we would be happy to support them! We're excited to welcome new folks to the upstairs apartment who value open communication, strive for sustainable choices/actions, and invest in community. The apartment is available as of September 3rd. If this sounds like a good fit, please reach out and let us know: - Who are you and what do you do for a living? - Why are you interested in joining the Bubbaland community? - Ideally, how long would you like to live here?