The first steps in creating a new cohousing community don’t need to be abstract, circular or ambiguous.
One of cohousing’s sages updates his worthwhile advice on where a new forming group should focus its energy.
These are some of the elements to consider working on in the first months you...
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By Rob Sandelin Views since 5/2014: 18,315 |
By Elizabeth Magill, Mosaic Commons in Berlin, MA What shall we discuss as we are forming our communities? Every forming community (I hope!) asks this question and communities that have already moved in give lots of different answers. Many of those answers are in the form of "I wish we'd resolved this" and "we decided x which was irrelevant and... Views since 5/2014: 2,877 |
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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: 5,927 |
Lindy Sexton of McCamant & Durrett Architects, based on an interview with Arthur Okner of Silver Sage Village in Boulder, CO “We at Silver Sage strive to age-in-place. Given the caring support of our community, we can do so a lot longer than in many other aging care models,” says Art Okner. “Getting older is a long, fulfilling journey for most—you have a caring family, a good job, activities that you enjoy, and friends... Views since 5/2014: 5,134 |
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By Marta Keen Thompson, Southern Nevada Cohousing While tackling the long and sometimes daunting list of tasks required to start a cohousing group, I draw daily upon every prayer, affirmation and inner trick I know to keep the faith and grow the vision. As our core group grows closer, steadily inching toward this goal, we fine-tune ways to share... Views since 5/2014: 3,200 |
Diana Sullivan, Germantown Commons (Nashville TN) It’s been almost a decade (seven years) since we traveled to the National Cohousing Conference in Boulder Colorado to learn about how to build our own community in Nashville, Tennessee. We’ve come full circle now with the Conference to be held in Nashville this week.
Back then two of us... Views since 5/2014: 3,589 |
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Common Grounding Bringing Back the Village - Interview with Charles Durrett
via Common Grounding
http://www.cohousingco.com/blog/2017/5/15/bringing-back-the-village Views since 5/2014: 2,617 |
Jenny Godwin on behalf of Lew Bowers of PDX Commons Looking to build a supportive urban community for aging? With senior cohousing and urban living both on the rise, Conference goers will be treated to a case study in both from Lew Bowers. Discount registration thru 4/15: www.cohousing.org/2017
PDX Commons is a 27-unit senior cohousing project... Views since 5/2014: 2,772 |
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Marty Marty Maskall of Fair Oaks EcoHousing, posted by Jenny of CoHousing Solutions Ten Tips for Success in Building a Cohousing Community
By Marty Maskall, Founder... Views since 5/2014: 4,845 |
Opening Our Doors and Hearts on Saturday April 30, 2016 Coho/US is initiating a National Open House Day! Whatever these words may bring up for you, one thing is for sure - just as cohousing itself is a collaborative process and group effort, a living example that the whole indeed is greater than the sum of its part, it will be with this event as well.... Views since 5/2014: 5,135 |
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