Links: Ascension Gathering Application Ascension Facebook Page (before they took it down) Ascension Facebook About Page (before they took it down) May 15 - 17, 2015 trial Ascension Gathering Meeting Minutes from Ascension Gathering (still currently available on the internet) Nick Chirichillo Facebook Page Nick Chirichillo Facebook photos |
Absentee property owners on Sutter-Ione Road (rural Ione, California) are trying to push through a huge, multi-day, several event per year party figuring neighboring ranchers won't care. Loud music, insufficient sanitation, insufficient security and staffing, participants smoking and cars parking in *very* dry grasslands, etc. And, their Facebook page (no longer available to us but we saved it as a PDF document) indicates they want to make it a year-round, festival venue and playground. This information was taken directly from their Facebook page before they either took it down or changed the security settings (we copied the whole page as a pdf document): "Welcome! If you're invited to this amazing gathering it's because you're part of the future we're co-creating at this very moment. We are taking our individual talents and passions out of the city, off the Playa and to our very own Kingdom in Ione, CA. Where we are blessed to have 435 acres to play wiithh in a great experiement that one day will ultimately become a completely sustainable conscious festival format and year round venue for us all. For now we are all gathering to campout, dance, cook & stare at the stars!"
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