The 2003 Cohousing Conference had our most diverse and enticing selection of weekend workshop sessions to date. With more than 50 offerings, we had something for everyone, including forming communities, established communities, intentional communities, as well as folks with a particular interest in design and construction. From money, meals and marketing to community, sustainability and affordability, the hardest choice was narrowing down which workshops to attend.

Professional seminar facilitated by Shari Leach

Breakfast bar in the Commons

Laird Schaub and Chris Hanson at the “Cohousing Doctor's Tent”

The 2001 North American Cohousing Conference at the University of California, Berkeley was a great success with record numbers of participants.

In addition to presentations and workshops, special events included an auction and a “doctor-is-in” session in which experienced cohousers and cohousing professionals answered individual questions.

The conference bookstore was the place to hang out.

More than 180 people representing 44 cohousing groups from 16 states gathered in September 1997 for the Third North American Conference in Seattle, WA. The conference provided an exceptionally wide array of learning opportunities, with dozens of sessions on topics ranging from getting started to site analysis, financing, marketing and getting the work done in a completed community.