Tag: Community-support


Congolese Refugee Family Helped by Cohousing Communities

Submitted by David Entin, Rocky Hill Cohousing (Northampton, MA) on
Concern about Obama’s decision to increase the number of Syrian refugees coming to America became an issue in the recent Presidential election. Many Republican governors announced: not in my state. In response the Northampton (Massachusetts) City Council unanimously passed a resolution welcoming international refuges. Catholic Charities, under contract as a refugee resettlement agency, came to..
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Community as Economic Engine

Submitted by Laird Schaub on
Laird Schaub and Terry O’Keefe and will be presenting “Community as Economic Engine” at the 2017 National Cohousing Conference in Nashville TN, May 19-21 . Please join us! Laird offered a version to a packed audience at the 2015 Cohousing Conference in Durham. Intentional communities sort broadly into two kinds: those where members share income... Read More

Community Co-Care Agreements

Submitted by Coho-l Posts from Various Cohousers across the U.S. on
This is a compilation of posts on the coho-l email discussion list serve in late January 2017, in response to this inquiry: Does your community have formal or informal co-care agreements about how neighbors will support one another in their aging journey? Have you had discussions and if so, what questions guided the conversation to... Read More

A Legacy Continues with Joani Blank

Submitted by Alice Alexander, Coho/US Executive Director on
Joani Blank, a cohousing pioneer who passed last August, has continued her impact and influence through a legacy gift provided to Coho/US. We are pleased and humbled to receive this gift from the Joani Blank Trust. And inspired to do more to grow cohousing and nurture our communities! Joani was instrumental in the growth and... Read More

Want to Survive Climate Change? You’ll Need a Good Community

Submitted by Alice Alexander, Coho/US Executive Director on
This Wired Magazine article recently published, Want to Survive Climate Change? You’ll Need a Good Community (authored by Eric Klineberg), underscores what we already know: that good neighbors and a resilient community can make all the difference in maintaining us through crisis. Remember the blistering heat of 1995 that killed hundreds of people in Chicago?... Read More

Do You Feel Safe & Secure?

Submitted by Alice Alexander, Coho/US Executive Director on
Do you feel safe and secure? Given the appalling violence profiled in daily, that has to be a question that arises for each of us. Despite pleas also constantly voiced that we should not give in to fear, we naturally question our security, and the resultant stress can chip away at our confidence and happiness....
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Becoming Less Frightened of Conflict

Submitted by Laird Schuab on
For many years I have offered an introductory workshop on conflict entitled, “Conflict: Fight, Flight, or Opportunity?” In it, I explain that many people engage conflict with a flight or flight response and that there are better choices. However, even if I can sell you on the idea that working constructively with conflict is possible,... Read More

Aging in Place: Contributing to a Community

Submitted by Peter Lazar, Emerson Commons (Crozet, Virginia) on
[A repost from Peter Lazar’s blog at http://www.emersoncommons.org/blog ] I’m writing this at 34,000 on my flight to the 2016 Aging in Place conference hosted by Coho/US in Salt Lake City. I like in-flight wi-fi ! , but I digress… The topic of Aging in Place got me thinking about the benefits of living in... Read More

Fun and Work on a Christmas Tree Farm

Submitted by Ed Sonnenberg, Hundredfold Farm (outside of Gettysburg PA) on
South Mountain is the northern extension of the Blue Ridge mountain range in Pennsylvania. Nestled in the picturesque foothills of South Mountain just west of the historic borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is the cohousing community of Hundredfold Farm. Situated at nearly 1200 feet up a winding gravel road on approximately 75 acres, the community members,... Read More

An Inclusive Culture of Support

Submitted by Sharon Villines, Takoma Village Cohousing on
Rather than teams focusing on support for aging in place, I think it would be better to have a team focused on (1) what all community members need and (2) extending our notions about the abilities of all individuals to support others. Just because people are aging doesn’t mean they have more needs than anyone... Read More