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Forming
Formed:
2006
LifeSpirit Village
Syracuse
,
New York
,
United States
Contact:
Connie Marion
PO Box 54
LaFayette, NY United States
Address Status:
Good as of 1/30/2009
Phone:
315-677-3719
cdmarion [at] twcny [dot] rr [dot] com
Links:
www.lifespiritvillage.org: descriptions of LSV history, details, members, and work we have done; also a

LifeSpirit Village is a group of individuals and families who want to create and live in a co-housing neighborhood and who affirm the following shared values as guidelines for our life together.

SPIRITUALITY

We believe the search for meaning and spiritual growth is important at all stages of life. We encourage one another’s commitment to the spiritual path each has chosen.

MUTUAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE

We develop face-to-face relationships through which we offer and receive support. We express our needs, listen to each other, and strive to act responsibly, considering the common good. We devote fair time and energy to the neighborhood.

“IT TAKES A VILLAGE” PARENTING SUPPORT

We together create and strive to live by shared expectations for the respectful manners of children and adults toward one another. The offering of loving guidance, clear boundary setting, and caring support for each other’s children is encouraged.

SIMPLE LIFESTYLE AND RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

We agree to be good stewards of the co-housing property. We seek a simplified lifestyle that reflects a respectful relationship with the environment. Recycling, reusing, and reducing environmental impact are key values.

CARE DURING CRISIS, ILLNESS, AND DYING

A common goal of the co-housing community is to offer neighborly care to one another for troubles occurring across the lifespan. This aim does not replace the needed use of institutional services, nor does it attempt to substitute for assisted living or nursing home care.

ARTS, HEALTH, AND RECREATION

We support and encourage the vitality of all. Leisure, recreational activities, travel, rest, exercise, and social events contribute uniquely toward refreshing and healing the mind, body, and spirit. Play and the arts are an integral part of community life.

SERVICE

Support from the co-housing community empowers us to help each other and to contribute to the wider community. LifeSpirit Village as a whole is involved with its locale and engages in selected service to the larger community.

COMMUNITY PROCESSES

Decisions are ordinarily made by consensus. Personal integrity and mutual fairness are the primary guidelines for handling aspirations and differences among members. Care is taken to listen fully to concerns and doubts to enhance long-range wisdom. We share the intention to address conflict directly, respectfully, and equitably. Learning from the conflict and its resolution is valued.

Former/Other Names:
birthed by Rapha Community
Community Affiliations:
Network Affiliations:
Fellowship for Intentional Community Coho/US
Last Updated:
8/20/2009
Visitors Accepted
(open committee meetings; just forming)
Visitor Process:
Contact Connie Marion.
Cohousing Details
Cohousing Status:
Forming
(We are seeking land and in process of establishing our legal structure.)
Area:
10 acres (4.0 hectares)
(Seeking land, no purchase yet.)
Population
Members:
12
Non-Member Residents:
12 (we are seeking additional households)
Open to new members:
Government
Decision Making:
By consensus (We have long experience with this process through our spiritual community.)
Identified Leader:
No
Leadership Core Group:
Yes (The core group is open to new membership.)
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
Members have independent finances
Labor Contribution:
Expected (participate in decision meetings; physical labor not yet addressed; would be based on talents & interests)
Join Fee:
(Unknown as yet)
Regular Fees:
(Minimal petty cash fund just established.)
Land and Buildings
Community:
Other (Undecided, probably not fully urban.)
Land Owners:
Other (Land will be owned by all members via Homeowners Assoc.)
No. of Residences:
12 (Our target is 12-15.)
Food, Etc.
% Food Grown:
(n/a yet, probably small)
Shared Meals:
2-5 times/week (Will likely be in this range, but not yet decided.)
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
Diet is up to each individual
Dietary Practice:
Omnivorous (Some members are primarily vegetarian.)
Alcohol Use:
Used occasionally
Tobacco Use:
Seldom used (only by a few individuals in their own home)
Social Factors
Common Spiritual Practices:
No (We do see ourselves as a spiritual community, but on individual paths.)
Which Spiritual Traditions:
Eclectic (integrates pieces from many religions)
Educational Style(s):
Other (Decision is left to individual households)
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