Cohousing Across the Country – Part 3
Sharing the journey from Atlanta, GA to Anacortes, WA, engaging with community along the way. Part 3 of 7 Cohousing Working Well As I made my way across the country, I paused for nearly a week at...
View ArticleCohousing Across the Country – Part 4
Sharing the journey from Atlanta, GA to Anacortes, WA, engaging with community along the way. Part 4 of 7 Staff Retreat You may not know that the Cohousing Association has no actual physical office....
View ArticleCohousing Across the Country – Part 5
Sharing the journey from Atlanta, GA to Anacortes, WA, engaging with community along the way. Part 5 of 7 Solidarity Collective in Laramie WY Cohousing isn’t the only form of intentional community...
View ArticleCohousing Across the Country – Part 6
Sharing the journey from Atlanta, GA to Anacortes, WA, engaging with community along the way. Part 6 of 7 Wasatch Commons My final stop on my cohousing tour, was with Wasatch Commons in Salt Lake...
View ArticleCohousing Across the Country – Part 7
Sharing the journey from Atlanta, GA to Anacortes, WA, engaging with community along the way. Part 7 of 7 Arrival Arriving in my new home, surrounded by beauty, but not living in cohousing, I have...
View ArticleDon’t treat individual problems as community problems
One of the questions our community support team helps to discern is whether an issue is a community issue or a personal issue. While in many cases this is a straightforward, sometimes extra...
View ArticleWebChat #35 Sky and Avi
Last month Sky Blue, Executive Director of the Foundation for Intentional Community, and Avi Kruley, Community Wellbeing Facilitator at the Mount Madonna Center, joined us for a WebChat looking at...
View ArticleWebChat #36: Mary Kraus on Work Systems
We wrapped up our first year of WebChats where we began, in Pioneer Valley Cohousing. Our first WebChat was one year ago in October of 2018. Jerry Koch-Gonzalez shared with us from his home office....
View ArticlePatterns of Development
We thank Laura Fitch of Fitch Architecture and Community Design for sharing this slideshow with us. Click here to access.
View ArticleWebChat #37: Diana on Challenging Behaviors
98% of cohousers are lovely, well intentioned people we can all get along with, says Diana Leafe Christian in her recent WebChat. But what about the other 2%? What about people who are consistently...
View ArticleHow can you leave your home?
When people learn I’m moving into cohousing, they often ask, “How can you leave your home? It’s so lovely and has so much character. And, you’ve made so many memories here.” Yes, it’s true. I love my...
View ArticleWebChat #38: Katie McCamant on Phases of Development
Creating a cohousing community is, for many founders, the most complex process they will ever undertake. In her recent WebChat, Katie McCamant gives an overview of that process phase by phase. Katie...
View ArticleAnnual Meeting 2019
It was great to see many of you at our Annual meeting on December 2, 2019. It’s lovely to come together one night a year and share with all cohousers what our association is doing to bring more and...
View ArticleWebChat #39 Karen Giming on Personal Growth
Karen’s recent WebChat challenged us to see personal growth as one of the most important reasons for cohousing. She explained how cohousing, in part through conflict, provides an ideal environment for...
View ArticleInterview: Heartwood Cohousing
Robert “Han” Bishop is a resident of Heartwood Cohousing in Bayfield Colorado. Heartwood is a rural community with a large property and many self-sustaining practices. In this interview, Han describes...
View ArticleHow to Create an Agenda – Part 1
Careful agenda-setting is an essential element in preparing for a good meeting, and often an area where a little effort can make big improvements in meetings and community relationships. Agenda...
View ArticleHow to Create an Agenda – Part 2
Careful agenda-setting is an essential element in preparing for a good meeting, and often an area where a little effort can make big improvements in meetings and community relationships. Agenda...
View ArticleWhen Someone Wants to Say Something No One Wants to Hear
As cohousers we generally believe in the principle that everyone gets a voice. We think of ourselves as taking all views into account and welcoming differences of opinions. But what about when we...
View ArticleSearching for the right neighborhood, I found a community
Before my wife and I separated (as amicably as possible; my ex- is a terrific person and I’m grateful that she put up with me for 25 years), I lived in a great neighborhood in Wakefield. Which, in a...
View Article1000 Things
A number of years ago, before cohousing came into our lives, my husband and I realized that the time and worry of maintaining our big family house and yard no longer matched the lifestyle we wanted....
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