The Conference: Time is Running Out

Five areas of focus. An amazing 55 presentations – more than ever before. Meals included. Fabulous dormitory accommodations with games, a kitchen and gathering areas downstairs. Author and Design-Build Architect John Abrams. Storyteller Len Cabral. Swing music at dinner with dancing afterward. A video introduction to cohousing. New friends and old friends. The best community gathering the nation has ever seen.

Haven’t registered for the conference yet? Seriously? Don’t miss it, discounted registration is almost over! For four days in Boston’s Waltham community at picturesque Bentley College, folks representing cohousing communities from across the country, as well as those just getting to know cohousing for the first time, will gather to feed or reignite their passion with informative presentations, workshops, community tours and social events.

Here is a taste of what the conference offers this year:

Aging in Community. This hot topic is exhaustively explored, with three successive panel discussions offering real tools to make aging in place happen. How to create a vibrant and successful life in community in later years is tackled by authors and professionals in four additional interactive and inspirational presentations.

Keeping it Green. Who doesn’t want it? What’s practical and how to get it done. Ten presentations that will make your low-carbon-footprint aspirations a reality. Sustainable living, achievable goals.

Communicate! Fifteen presentations covering process skills, sociocracy and cohousing group dynamics. You’ve never seen process and facilitation covered like this! Even more classes on community website design and what the Cohousing Association is doing for you with its new website.

Fire it up. Find out how to choose a group, choose a site, establish cohousing in the big city, and manage your group as it goes through various stages of formation. Learn how to tackle the question of affordability in cohousing.

Get Some Culture. How do other communities do it in the U.S.? How about in Japan? Denmark? How is cohousing evolving? Eye-opening presentations for the culture curious.

Brand New to Cohousing? Not sure if living in community is right for you? We’ve put together a special track just for you, taking pieces from each area of interest to give a broad overview of what cohousing has to offer you, your family and your community. Please be sure to attend the Video Introduction to Cohousing on Thursday evening to start your journey.

What are you waiting for! You can still do this! Register here, and pack your bags for Boston. Can’t wait to see you!