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Rocky Brook Cohousing

We are kicking off Rocky Brook Cohousing in Hightstown, NJ! Our official project kick-off will be on May 15th 2025. Please join us then and feel free reach out ahead of time to see how you can get involved and learn more about our development updates.

Start the Journey with Us – Burns Village & Farm

We invite you to learn more about Burns Village and Farm. We’ll share why we are so excited about our site in Burns, TN.  We’ll give you an update on our community, the pricing and timeline, and how you can reserve a home.  But most importantly, we’ll share more about our future neighbors and community… Read More

Burns Village and Farm Site Visit

We invite you to join us for a good walk and viewing of this special farmland site. We’ll give you an update on our community, the pricing and the timeline. You’ll get to meet some of our members and ask questions. We will walk on undeveloped land so wear your boots. We look forward to… Read More

A community member dies – then what?

When you live in a senior cohousing community, sooner or later the conversation gets around to one of most people’s least favorite topics ¾ death and dying. It’s unavoidable among older people. Your community may already have experienced the death of one or more members. Quimper Village in Washington had its first death within its… Read More

What about meeting participants?

Don’t they need training?  Well, yes, in an ideal world everyone participating in decision making, or even just living in community would take some time to learn how it all works, to develop some skills, and to grow a little toward their best self. I’d love to offer that course, but so far we haven’t… Read More

Matters of Membership

We spend a lot of time and attention on attracting new members, but what happens next? Do you have a structured orientation to help them (and you) understand what cohousing is about, especially senior communities? What about new homeowners buying a unit for sale? Is your community involved in the sale or watching from the… Read More

Mutual Support Approaches

Supporting our neighbors when they need help can go by several terms such as co-care, neighborly care, mutual care, co-healing, and mutual support.  In this interactive and engaging workshop, we look at several models and strategies—formalized and informal—for how members are caring for one another – in senior and multi-generational communities.  For seniors, this is… Read More

2025 National Cohousing Week + Open House

Get ready for an exciting week of inspiration, learning, and connection! National Cohousing Week 2025 will feature a series of virtual events all week long, bringing together cohousing enthusiasts, experts, and communities to celebrate and explore the power of intentional living. The week will culminate in the National Cohousing Open House Weekend on May 3rd… Read More

Not My Valentine: Discussion of Sexual Abuse in ICs

February 4 (Tuesday) at 7:30 pm ET a solutions-focused discussion: How can we prevent, effectively disclose, and confront sexual abuse within residential intentional communities? at https://meet.jit.si/cultivatingcaringcommunity with IC consultant Philip Be’er and facilitator Roger Balson. IC discussions every Tuesday, same time & link. Details at https://icmatch.org/guidelines-for-intentional-community-agreements/conflict-sources-in-intentional-communities/difficult-conversations-series/

Susan Coffin

Convinced that every vibrant organization needs a stable base, Susan has honed her financial and organizational skills at a wide variety of businesses, from construction to non-profits, coops, and cohousing communities. After years of raising sheep and living on a community-supported vegetable farm in southern Wisconsin, she is now enjoying the pleasures of city life… Read More

Adams Creek Online Information Session

Just 2 more homes available! Come see why we are happier than we’ve ever been. Adams Creek Cohousing checks all the boxes! Single-level accessible units, all ages from 1 to 80 years, caring and fun-loving residents, gorgeous common house  with jaw-dropping views of Mt. Adams and the Columbia River, walkable and bikable location, bright and… Read More

Who Should Facilitate Meetings?

There is no one right answer to this question, but I think there are a lot of problematic approaches that are worth reviewing and some strategies for overcoming the challenges.   In general, we would like facilitators to be willing, skilled, and varied. We’d like facilitation to be a joyful experience that the facilitators find rewarding,… Read More

Learn About Burns Village & Farm – Information Session

We invite you to learn more about Burns Village and Farm. We’ll share why we are so excited about our site in Burns, TN.  We’ll give you an update on our community, the pricing and timeline, and how you can reserve a home.  But most importantly, we’ll share more about our future neighbors and community… Read More

Deb Goldberg

Deb Goldberg is a founding member of Berkeley Cohousing.  She is an urban planner with a focus on cooperative development as a strategy to create affordable housing, good jobs and strong local economies.  She raised two great kids in cohousing and couldn’t imagine doing it any other way.

Sarah Wells

Sarah is passionate about empowering people and businesses through ownership. She enthusiastically jumped into real estate in 2015 after she and her partner transformed a 5,000-square-foot house in Denver into the democratically-run and cooperatively-owned Queen City Cooperative. As a real estate agent and community housing developer, Sarah has supported dozens of groups in buying homes… Read More