Looking for a room to rent!

Hi! I'm working remotely and I'm looking to rent a room from January to March/April.  Would be rad to live with climbers.

Hi Ellie,

I want to do exactly the same thing. I'm coming from Oregon, and I'm planning to work remotely in Moab and climb as much as possible in the spring. Would you possibly be interested in going in on a place? I've found some houses on rental sites, but would need at least one more person to make it affordable. I was thinking of staying until June, but I'm sure I'd be able to find someone else if you wanted to leave earlier. 

Anyway, let me know if you're at all interested and we can talk more.

Sam

Where are you looking to rent? Moab? HMU if you are. I have a room for rent.

It’d be cool if people working remotely and relocating to Moab, or other towns, made an effort to contribute to their new communities and didn’t just take up housing in already stressed markets where workers are struggling to find places to rent, especially if they have comparatively larger incomes due to city based jobs and can afford the ever increasing rent demands that price out/burden local workers.

Jordan Listerwrote:

It’d be cool if people working remotely and relocating to Moab, or other towns, made an effort to contribute to their new communities and didn’t just take up housing in already stressed markets where workers are struggling to find places to rent, especially if they have comparatively larger incomes due to city based jobs and can afford the ever increasing rent demands that price out/burden local workers.

How do you propose these folks contribute?

David Kwrote:

How do you propose these folks contribute?

One of the best ways that people with finances and privilege above that of their surrounding communities (or the communities they visit and benefit from) can help is with financial support to non-profits and other community programs. During non-Covid times, volunteer work (trail work, homeless shelters, etc) is another great way to contribute to a community. Some of the organizations I've been involved with or donated to in Utah are:

The Navajo and Hopi Families Covid-19 relief fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/xjgrfa-navajo-amp-hopi-families-covid19-relief-fund?viewupdates=1&rcid=r01-160695024208-d8e10894d5794250&utm_medium=email&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_email%2B1137-update-supporters-v5b

You can read more about the non-profit that was formed from this effort here: https://www.navajohopisolidarity.org/ourstory

The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance is a fantastic organization that runs volunteer and educational projects to help manage our wonderful shared land. Like all non-profits right now, they can certainly use the financial support of people who have the resources to move around as they choose while working remote. https://suwa.org/

Others in Moab may have some other ideas about ways new residents and visitors can help support the community they are receiving so much from.

Another very important way to contribute, especially in an area that is being "loved to death", is to NOT contribute to the burden placed on stretched resources - this means being aware of usage of resources, impact on others, impact on the land, etc. 

No longer looking to move, thanks for the replies!