2019 Updated trifold brochure: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzP_-_GeVmPdM1dyY3dJa0lCeS0zT3FBZXg1WFpUZTVMT1V3
Coho/US has created a tri-fold brochure available for download printing. The brochure provides an introduction and welcoming to cohousing. We encourage you to use as a recruiting...
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by Joani Blank, Swan's Market Cohousing
Doyle Street (Emeryville, CA) resident Barry Harris talks about the site. (Photo by Evangeline Welch)
Many years ago while living at Doyle Street Cohousing in Emeryville, CA, I casually mentioned to a visiting tour group that I planned to offer my unit for sale within eight or nine months... Views since 5/2014: 9,974 |
By Raines Cohen, Coho/US Volunteer National Cohousing Open House Day is just a few days away. Get a taste of it by joining me in a WebChat this Thursday evening, where we will share some of the most exciting examples of communities hosting, tips on effective hosting, how to visit well, and so much more.
If you missed the WebChat... Views since 5/2014: 1,533 |
By Raines Cohen, Coho/US Volunteer 63 communities -. These communities opened their doors for National Cohousing Open House Day, Saturday, April 27, 2019. Click on listed address for a map link, but please don't actually go there without making prior arrangements (don't make us have to take down this list). Every cohousing... Views since 5/2014: 4,389 |
Karen Gimnig There’s a funny thing about cohousing.
When you look at typical cohousing marketing, you see messages about what it is like to live in community: private homes, shared common space, know your neighbors. But when you ask people why they live in cohousing, the conversation goes someplace else:... Views since 5/2014: 1,869 |
This fall I got to spend some time with long-term cohousers. I asked them “Why cohousing?” As expected, they told me about neighborly support, caring for the environment, common meals, and all sorts of details of why it’s enjoyable to live in cohousing. What felt more important, though, were all... Views since 5/2014: 1,673 |
Shelly Parks, CoVision Consulting “I don’t want to be a used car salesman.” This is the response I most often hear when I ask forming cohousing groups to describe their feelings around using sales techniques in their membership recruitment.
And I get it. We tend to stereotype sales people as sleazy movie car salesman: they... Views since 5/2014: 2,900 |
By Raines Cohen, 2018 National Cohousing Open House Day Coordinator Curious about cohousing? Want to see what it's really like? Compare communities? Get inspired? Now's your chance.
It's that time again! National Cohousing Open House Day is tomorrow, Sunday, April 29, 2018.
We've got over 60 cohousing neighborhoods across the country participating this year,... Views since 5/2014: 2,835 |
The 2018 Boulder CO Regional Cohousing Conference holds the keys to creating a highly functioning cohousing community. There is something for everyone - those exploring the idea, newly forming groups or existing communities.
For Newly Forming Communities:
You will learn how to get started, meet... Views since 5/2014: 3,378 |
by Sharon Villines When I saw a blog on a cohousing website, I realized that we have missed the boat on using blogs to market cohousing. By reading the informal accounts of personal and community events, I felt this was a community I could walk into and be perfectly happy. The posts were about things like canning... Views since 5/2014: 6,002 |
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