Crowdfunding: Connecting Creators and Patrons

I'm going to write an article for Communities  magazine on "Crowdfunding: A Communal Business Model."  It will introduce the idea of crowdfunding to an audience that probably includes a lot of people who are already doing some version of this, but don't know it by that name.  I want to raise awareness of crowdfunding as a community-oriented business approach.  The article will cover various kinds of crowdfunding from community-supported agriculture to launching alternative businesses to cyberfunded creativity.  (If you're not familiar with communal living, check out the Intentional Community site or my "Householding" article.)

What I'd like to know from you folks is ...

* Are any of you crowdfunding creators living in an intentional community, shared house, or other communal living situation?
* Are any of you patrons (or for creators, patrons you know of) living in community?
* If you're not living in community now, have you done so in the past and did it affect your creative business approach?
* Do you know of anyone living in community who is interested in any type of crowdfunding, as a creator or patron?
* Have you ever done an event, such as a reading or a house concert, at an intentional community?
* How important is the concept of "community" (whether in person or online) to you?  Why?
* How do your ideals about community influence your creativity and/or patronage?

 Anything else you have to add is also welcome.  I'm hoping to get at least a few good quotes that I can use in the article.  Thanks for your help.