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[Desiree Kameka will be a panelist for the “More than Just Cohousing” session at the 2015 National Cohousing Conference.] Diversity is often spoken of in terms of ethnicity, religion, and socioeconomic status, but what about neurodiversity? Neurodiversity encompasses the idea that there is a broad human expression of neurological differences. As we move away from… Read More

[Join Mission Peak Cohousing for the April 9 & 10 Getting It Built Workshop in Fremont, CA – Sponsored by Mission Peak Cohousing (early-bird rate before March 22, 2016).] About two years ago, a small group of us friends in Fremont talked about cohousing and decided to cast the net wider and see whether we… Read More

[Learn more about Capitol Hill Urban Cohousing at the Aging Better Together Conference, where founder Grace Kim will present Planning Early for the Golden Years: Starting an Intergenerational Community] Last week, Guy Thomsen and I did a walk-through of Capitol Hill Urban Cohousing (CHUC). Some quick background–this is a mixed use building with ground level… Read More

The National Cohousing Open House Day on April 30 is inspiring communities to provide special events in conjunction with tours. Liberty Village Cohousing in Maryland is offering this intriguing opportunity: On April 30th, a dynamic speaker from the Frederick County Office of Sustainability and Environmental Resources will make a presentation on “Renewable Energy for Your… Read More

[This pre-conference intensive is offered on May 19 in Salt Lake City as part of the Aging Better Together Conference. You may register for this intensive separately without registering for the full conference. Visit Aging Better Together Conference or jump to Register Now. A flyer is attached below.] There is a quiet grassroots movement, among… Read More

One of the great tragedies of our hyper-individualized society is the separation of the generations. There is so much love and wisdom lost, and so much needless suffering endured as a result of the isolation between elders, single adults, and children. This separation has been enacted so effectively that it is now seen as preferential… Read More

[Join David Entin at the Aging Better Together Conference] Have you noticed that folks in your cohousing community are getting older? You moved in five, or ten, or fifteen years ago and people who were about sixty are now in their seventies. Your community may have begun to wonder how you will handle aging in… Read More

Communities are like exotic animals. They may be extraordinary, but the fascination comes more from the novelty, the unfamiliarity, and the association with an untamed land. Communities are used to having lots of guests, and also often give regular or irregular tours to the curious public. It’s easy for members to sometimes feel like they’re… Read More

[Philip Dowds is responding to an coho-l inquiry: while we often discuss the mechanics of creating and maintaining cohousing, what we don’t see as often are discussions about such things as kindness or civility within communities.] Cornerstone Cohousing has been up and running about 15 years now, and our 32 households (approximately 50 adults, various… Read More

Last week, an excellent article launched a cohousing discussion on Dr. Bill Thomas’s ChangingAging site. The author Beth Baker wrote the well-received book With a Little Help from our Friends—Creating Community as We Grow Older, which profiles cohousing communities. Beth interviewed members of Sand River Cohousing – originally ElderGrace – given an AARP Livable Communities… Read More

The Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC) is generously offering a free screening of the movie Within Reach in conjunction with the April 30th National Cohousing Open House Day. The film is a “thank you” from the FIC to those communities who are participating! Within Reach is a film documenting one resilient couple’s 6,500 mile bicycling… Read More

Our Getting It Built Workshop comes almost exactly on the nine-year anniversary of the day I first heard of cohousing. At the time, I was a member of the Board of Directors of Tri-City Homeless Coalition (now Abode Services). In that capacity, I attended the Housing California Conference April 23-25, 2007 at the Sacramento Convention… Read More