Breacher,
First you have to sell the concept of enclaving to enough patriots who CAN and WOULD move. YES there are people who have gravitated to Arizona to the Free State project but they're convinced making symbolic resistance is better than actual results-so they're seen by a lot of folks as wackos and targets by the local regimes.
Second you have to find a desirable town in a area that could be locally self-sufficient as possible. Meaning water, resources, local industry, etc.
Third there is the matter of displacing the local power structure. The best way to do that would be an emergency recall election generated by a scandal. Quartzsite Arizona would be a great one to pull that off politically given their recent notoriety... not so hot on the ideal of taking over desert real estate so close to the US gunowner armed drug cartels...
The key is to go in there with a winning attitude, a realistic outlook as to how universally corrupt local gov. is, and a workable plan. The GIs of Athens TN. had the right ideal.
This would be best accomplished in a smaller town. You get into even a mid-sized city you're dealing with different voting bases that are welfare-dependent, hostile to Americans in general, or God forbid a enclave of .gov drones.
The biggest problem of course is finding enough Patriots with the wherewithal to move that would be willing. You're pretty persuasive with your writings I think you could make a go at it.