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  • Getting started: The first eight steps
    by Rob Sandelin, Sharingwood Cohousing
    November, 2006

    These are some of the elements to consider working on in the first months you spend together. This assumes you have brought together a core group of at least two or three households. Three or four households is even better.

  • Why join a group at the beginning?

    The sooner you enter the community, the more opportunity you have to be part of the design and planning. Early membership also gives you a higher priority in the order in which homes will be selected. Many groups offer a financial incentive for joining the project early, such as a discount applied to your final house price.

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