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2009 Featured Developers

register nowCohousing Developers are a rare breed in the United States. While many have been involved as developers (of their own, self-developed cohousing community), very few have been involved in more than one project. All of these developers have, and will share what they have learned with you. Developing property in the United States is a very difficult thing and it's far too easy to make very costly mistakes - some of which are easily avoided if you have the right information. Whether you want to self-develop or work with a professional developer, come learn from these experienced Cohousing Developers about how to create a more successful project.

2009 Featured Process Consultants

register nowOn June 24-28, 2009, our Annual National Cohousing Conference will feature a number of Top Cohousing Process Consultants - some very well-known, established consultants with years of experience with facilitation, consensus training, and group process consultations and numerous Cohousing Communities - and some who's emerging practices are generating new ways of thinking about group decision making.

Those who attend the 2009 conference have the opportunity to enjoy and learn with...

2009 Featured Architects

register nowOn June 24-28, 2009, our Annual National Cohousing Conference will feature a number of Top Cohousing Architects - some very well-known, established green architects with many built sustainable communities - and some whose emerging practices are generating new ways of looking at Cohousing and green architecture. We are also sharing the work of some architecture graduate students who are addressing the challenges of cohousing design for their very first time.

2009 Featured Speakers

register nowThe 2009 National Cohousing Conference has three Featured Speakers presenting at the Keynote, Opening and Closing sesions:

  • Jan Gudmand-Hoyer, Cohousing Architect and founder of the Cohousing Movement in Denmark
  • Mark Lakeman, Cohousing Architect and founder of Portland City Repair
  • Robert Gilman, noted sustainability speaker best known for his work helping to form the ecovillage movement

All have made important contributions to the Cohousing and Ecovillage movements. All are excellent speakers who are sure to inspire and bolster your spirits as you do your part to create a better world, one neighborhood at a time. Several other noteworthy and well-known Cohousing presenters are leading Pre-Conference Workshops and the many Conference Break-out sessions. The 2009 Conference offers you the chance to directing learn from some remarkable people, including:

Architect: Bryan Bowen Architects, p.c.

bryan bowen architects is a collaborative formed around a shared desire to align the goals of social and environmental sustainability in projects which are accessible to all.

We specialize in affordable, high efficiency community design with an emphasis on site planning, fostering long term community social health. We believe that community is the secret ingredient to enduring sustainability and that a solid fiscal approach, sound architecture and planning, and durability are mandatory.

Bryan Bowen leads bb:a and approaches work with a sense of humility and humor. Bryan has been a practicing architect since 1995, dedicated to the design of neighborhoods and sexy eco-buildings, all with the vision of making baby steps towards a sustainable permaculture planet. He is also a member of Wild Sage Cohousing in Boulder.

McCamant & Durrett honored with Best of Senior Housing Award

McCamant & Durrett received the received the Silver Award for Best of Senior Living by the National Association of Home Builders at its annual 50+ Housing Symposium and awards dinner on May 20 in New Orleans. The award was for Silver Sage Village, a senior cohousing project in Boulder, Colorado, NAHB is the nation’s largest association of builders, with 235,000 members. Competing against hundreds of firms across America, McCamant & Durrett’s design was rated by the NAHB as one of the country’s best senior housing. Firm principal Charles Durrett was on hand to receive the award, “We are excited to see our ideas become working realities in communities shaped by residents, like Silver Sage.”

The firm also won a Golden Nugget award for the Best Affordable Project of 30 Acres or More for their Sacramento Senior Homes.

Development: Cohousing Collaborative, LLC

COHOUSING COLLABORATIVE, LLC is a full service development company that joint ventures with
future residents to bring their projects from dream to reality. We embrace the principles of
sustainable community and stewardship of our natural resources, holding to the highest standards
of ethics and excellence. Through a collaborative process, we

• Foster community, and
• Provide professional project management to coordinate marketing, finance, legal, planning &
design teams

With this approach, the values of living lightly on the land, accessibility, and sustainable economy
are enfolded into the both the social and physical structures of our projects.

Cohousing Collaborative is currently forming communities in the MidAtlantic region and offer
experienced and capable professional marketing, cohousing workshops and seminars throughout
the United States.

Ann Zabaldo
703-663-3911
info [at] cohousingcollaborative [dot] com

Process Consultant: Diana Leafe Christian

Diana Leafe Christian
Diana Leafe Christian
phone: 828-669-9702
email: diana [at] ic [dot] org

Consultant: Cohousing Coaches / Planning for Sustainable Communities

Raines Cohen and Betsy Morris, sharing over a quarter century supporting communities and a decade in the cohousing movement, can help you realize your community dreams. We are Cohousing Coaches, providing tools, training, and coaching for multi-generational and senior cohousing, for creating new communities and helping current ones thrive.

Betsy has a masters and doctorate in City and Regional Planning. She consults on community and economic development with nonprofits, social ventures and public agencies, and is Research Director for Coho/US. Raines is Northern California Cohousing Regional Organizer and has served on the Coho/US board and currently is on the Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC) board, has visited most U.S. cohousing neighborhoods, and is a Certified Green Building Professional; he specializes in grassroots/guerilla marketing strategies and using Web effectively.

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