From the Valley Community Land Trust Articles of Organization:ARTICLE 2. Purposes1) To acquire and hold title to land, not as private or public property, but in trusteeship; to hold such land in stewardship for present and future generations by keeping said land from the pressures of speculation.2) To provide access to land, through long-term lease agreements, for persons who cannot secure or maintain access or do not wish to enter into private ownership of land.3) To facilitate access to housing for low-income people and others who wish to further the purposes of the Corporation.4) To encourage patterns of land management based on the responsible use of renewable and non-renewable resources and long-term productivity of the land.5) To do research concerning land management; to disseminate the results of that research and to educate the land trust community and the general public regarding access to low-cost housing, the conservation of natural resources and responsible long-term stewardship of the land.6) To support the creation of community based institutions and enterprises and to promote communication and cooperation among such institutions.7) To work with democratic decision-making processes in the functions of this community land trust and to build a structure and sense of community which will endure through comings and goings of individual members of the trust.