Communications: Putting the Cohousing.org Website to Work

Craig Ragland, Catya Belfer-Shevett, Donna Freiermuth

Come check out the new www.cohousing.org! Take a tour of the great features of the site, and talk with the web team about how you can best use it to help your community, whether your group is brand new or you've been living together for years. Get a sneak preview of our new Members Area, with forums, blogs, and more ways to both join the cohousing conversation as well as get your questions answered.

Catya Belfer-Shevett is a cohousing “burning soul.” My cohousing community, Mosaic Commons, is completing construction in Berlin MA and we will be moving in this fall after 8 years of work. I create websites for cohousing communities and others, including www.cohousing.org. On the non-technical side, I am fascinated by how we build community through ritual, tradition, and song.

Donna Freiermuth is the editor of Cohousing Magazine.She has more than two decades of editorial experience. She is She is also a web designer for nonprofits. She holds a master of journalism degree in written communications. Donna is a founding member of a forming cohousing group in Santa Monica, California and another group in Ventura, California.

Craig Ragland lives at Songaia Cohousing and loves working/playing with cohousers. He is project manager for a forming group, New Earth Song Cohousing, which is creating more cohousing on adjoining property. Craig joined the Coho/US Board in 2006, working with staffing and technology planning. In December 2007, he retired from the board to become the Coho/US Executive Director. Craig is committed to community and action—to helping the association better meet the needs of forming groups, established communities, and cohousing professionals.