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Eastern Village Cohousing
Silver Spring
, Maryland
, United States
(Washington DC metro area)
Website:
Contact:
7981 Eastern Ave.
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 United States
Address Status:
Good as of 11/20/2008
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7981 Eastern Ave.
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 United States
Address Status:
Good as of 11/20/2008
Phone:
301-585-6161
Links:
www.easternvillage.org/co...: Contact us via the form on our web site.
Eastern Village is a 56-unit cohousing community in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, just a few blocks from the Silver Spring metro.
EVC is a developer-driven project organized by architect/developer Don Tucker of the Eco Housing Corporation (www.ecohousing.net) and cohousing consultant Ann Zabaldo.
The first organizing meetings were held in late 2002, with 40 members on board within five months. Move-in started in October 2004 and is now complete. All units have been sold.
Our building is a gut rehab of an abandoned 1950s-era office building in a scruffy part of downtown Silver Spring that is benefiting from the real-estate boom in the DC area.
The EVC building incorporates a number of green building features (ground-source heat-pump system, high-efficiency central hot water, etc.), and is being submitted for LEED Silver certification.
EVC is legally structured as condominiums. Units range from one-bedroom flats to three-bedroom lofts.
Community Affiliations:
Network Affiliations:
Coho/US
Last Updated:
11/20/2008
Visitors Accepted
Visitor Process:
Contact Rodney using the contact form on our website http://www.easternvillage.org/contactus.html.
Cohousing Details
Cohousing Status:
Completed
Year Completed:
2004
Area:
1 acres (0.4 hectares)
Number of Units:
56
Square Feet in Common House:
10000
Architect:
Don Tucker, Eco Housing Corporation, www.ecohousing.net
Developer:
Don Tucker, Eco Housing Corporation, www.ecohousing.net
Commercial Lender:
BB&T Bank
Population
Members:
76
Non-Member Residents:
1
Open to new members:
Yes
Government
Decision Making:
By consensus
Identified Leader:
No
Leadership Core Group:
Yes
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
Members have independent finances
Labor Contribution:
Expected (Still being defined)
Join Fee:
No
Regular Fees:
Yes (Monthly condo fees, which go towards building management and maintenance)
Land and Buildings
Community:
Urban
Land Owners:
Individual community member(s) (Legally a condominium, where we each own a percentage of the building.)
No. of Residences:
56
Food, Etc.
% Food Grown:
none
Shared Meals:
2-5 times/week
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
Diet is up to each individual
Dietary Practice:
Omnivorous
Alcohol Use:
(No community policy on alcohol use.)
Tobacco Use:
Prohibited (Smoking forbidden in common spaces. No policy for individual units.)
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