We are gathering a collection of videos (and other materials) about growing up in cohousing that we are hoping to debut at the National Cohousing Conference in Durham, NC in May.
Do you know young, teen, or grown children in your community who enjoy music, drama, poetry and/or video production. Do you have some awesome video clips from talent shows, speeches, or performances?

Check out this article from the Atlantic "City Lab"
http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/01/can-boomers-make-cohousing-mainst...
Katie McCamant is quoted: "McCamant predicts the number [of cohousing communities] will double within 10 years."
One of my quotes: "Baby boomers are demanding a better way to live. We want to be sustainable; we want community, happiness."
This upbeat profile is dampened with this perspective: Christopher Leinberger, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, says although cohos mesh philosophically with what many aging baby boomers want—dense, walkable communities—so do a lot of traditional developments that don't come with so many legal and financial headaches...."Banks still underwrite experience every bit as much as they underwrite balance sheets."

Volunteering with the 2015 National Cohousing Conference is a great way to get involved and contribute your talents - and our success is dependent on your voluntary contributions. The following leadership positions will convey complimentary registration if needed (we are unable to provide transportation and lodging). Numerous assistant roles are available, and may convey complimentary registration without meals (meals can be purchased). These positions and responsibilities will evolve and grow as we identify and refine needs.

I was recently in a discussion at home where about eight of us were shining our collective light on the topic of feminism. While there was ready agreement that Dancing Rabbit aspired to be a feminist community, it wasn't so easy defining what that meant, and even some resistance to making the attempt.....This is very murky territory, where the observations of any party can be discounted as biased. All can have a piece of the truth; some can be off base.

We are completing five months in our digs and five months into the adventure of being a cohousing community. Several people in the community have pointed out that adventure requires missed turns, missed trains, etc. Something that goes smoothly is a vacation; all else is an adventure. I like to think of our first five months as similar to a newborn.