Lew Bowers is a founding member of PDX Commons. He is also a Certified Cohousing Consultant through Katie McCamant’s 500 Communities Program. Currently he is assisting Adams Creek Cohousing get started in Hood River and Our Home get started in North Portland. In an earlier life Lew was Director of Downtown Development for the Portland… Read More

im Leach is president of Wonderland Hill Development Company and has led the company in developing over 20 cohousing communities in Colorado, California, Arizona, and Washington. He is a builder with over 50 years of experience in the design, construction and development of sustainable, planned neighborhoods. Jim and his wife, Brownie, live in Silver Sage… Read More

Heidi caught the shared and collaborative housing bug while living in a graduate student housing cooperative in Austin, Texas, which harkened back to her progressive childhood in Berkeley, CA. While dormant for many years as “life” happened, her personal and professional enthusiasm for this kind of living revived when she began working as a professor… Read More

Annie, raised on the East Coast, has worked in the public interest arena for more than 40 years as a lawyer, executive director and community organizer. She started her career running a storefront legal office in Portland, Oregon, geared to seniors. As the policy director for the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, Ann gave… Read More

Alan has a diverse professional background beginning with a career in city and tribal management and land use planning in Wyoming. After moving to Colorado his interest evolved into nonprofit fund development, including several years building Habitat for Humanity homes. He also served a term on the City of Boulder Planning Board and recently completed… Read More

Megan launched her career as an affordable housing project manager in the increasingly pricey Bay Area where she has lived in a cooperative for the last 12 years. An affiliate of Katie McCamant’s 500 Communities Program, she aspires to make housing within reach in urban areas through smartly shared property purchases. Her vision is to… Read More

Henning is a founding member of the first cohousing community in Regina, Saskatchewan, Prairie Spruce Commons. He is active in the Canadian cohousing movement and is on the committee for the Canadian cohousing conference. Henning was a Business Analyst and Project Manager in Regina. He has a long history of volunteer work with the City of Regina and… Read More

Jim is co-founder of Bristol Village Cohousing. He is also co-founded and served as Co-Director of Common Ground Center, a Vermont retreat and family center now in its 28th year. Before moving to Vermont, Jim edited a community newspaper in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He loves to photograph people and continues to cover many political events as a… Read More

Laurie Frank is a former school teacher who has worked in the adventure and experiential education arenas for over 40 years. She was a leader in designing the nationally recognized Stress/Challenge adventure program for Madison (Wisconsin) Metropolitan School District and wrote their curriculum, “Adventure in the Classroom,” in 1988. Ms. Frank wrote Journey Toward the… Read More

Lew Bowers is a founding member of PDX Commons. He is also a Certified Cohousing Consultant through Katie McCamant’s 500 Communities Program. Currently he is assisting Adams Creek Cohousing get started in Hood River and Our Home get started in North Portland. In an earlier life Lew was Director of Downtown Development for the Portland… Read More

Dyan is a founding member and longtime resident of Cherry Hill Cohousing (formerly Pioneer Valley) Cohousing in western Massachusetts and lives part-time in Belfast, Maine. She has advised other cohousing communities and provided training in facilitation, decision making, group process, and policy development. She has led public presentations on many aspects of cohousing and has… Read More

As the construction of our beautiful homes is nearing completion, we are excited to welcome in the last of our community members.  Join us for this online Info Session to learn what makes our cohousing community special, what homes are still available to reserve, and the many benefits of living in community. ​We can’t wait to… Read More

We invite you to join us for an online “Learn About,” where we will share details of our project such as timeline, projected home prices, and more. You’ll have the opportunity to meet some of our community members and ask any burning questions about our group.  RSVP for Zoom link. Learn more at missionpeakcohousing.org. 

Come grab a cup of coffee with us!  We’re building cohousing right here in Fremont, CA. Come hear about why we think cohousing fits in beautifully with our lively, welcoming town.  We get together and chat about cohousing and how it builds a sense of community. Come with questions if you have them! Registration appreciated.

Join us to discover what all the excitement is about and why people are joining us from all across the country.  You’ll learn about the many benefits of cohousing, meet community members, see our home plans and pricing, get answers to your questions, hear about our final construction plans, and learn what homes are still… Read More

Brad Gunkel is an architect and founding principal of Gunkel Architecture, a 15-person firm specializing in community-focused design (including cohousing, co-living, and affordable housing). Brad has designed, built, lived in and helped manage communities at the forefront of social and ecological awareness and action for 30 years. He has published widely and lectured nationally on… Read More

Shepherd Village’s newsletter, the Shepherd Village Voice, ran the following article in its October 2023 issue. With their permission, we are reprinting it here as a great example of lifelong learning. Perhaps it will trigger ideas for how your community might tap into the knowledge and expertise of your members to present educational programs for… Read More

As the construction of our beautiful homes is nearing completion, we are excited to welcome in the last of our community members.  Join us for this online Info Session to learn what makes our cohousing community special, what homes are still available to reserve, and the many benefits of living in community. RSVP to receive… Read More

The members of SoFA’s Intentional Communities Circle are pleased to announce our 3rd annual online conference on Saturday, November 18, 2023 from 7:30-11:30 AM Pacific // 10:30 AM-3:30 PM Eastern. Sociocracy in Intentional Communities: Deciding How We Want To Live will explore how sociocracy supports ecovillages, cohousing projects, housing cooperatives and other intentional communities, too… Read More

With over 150 cohousing communities in existence, most policy needs have been addressed by another community. If you find your community in need of a policy, take a look at the policy database. Even if the examples you find aren’t a perfect fit, it may be useful to have a template.