Tag: Starting


Aging Succesfully 2014: Senior Cohousing weeklong workshop coming in October to Nevada City,CA

Submitted by Raines Cohen, Cohousing Coach, Aging-in-Community Author and Certified Senior Advisor on
I participated in the first two years Chuck Durrett offered this workshop, and found it gave me a strong base of understanding of the essential elements for Aging in Community, enabling me to teach the Danish “Successful Aging” curriculum that is part of the best path to getting Senior Cohousing off the ground. It’s a... Read More

What Should We Be Afraid Of?

Submitted by Sharon Villines on
On Cohousing-L, a member of a forming group asked a smart question: “What SHOULD we be worried about?” Philip Dowds, an architect living in Cornerstone Cohousing in Cambridge Cohousing replied:Plan on delay. Plan on surprising cost increases. Plan on flogging your way past disappointments. Your group may have to deal one or more of …internal... Read More

Cohousing Forum – San Rafael

Submitted by Bob Miller on
Wolf Creek Lodge, an established senior cohousing community in Grass Valley, CA and Phoenix Commons, a cooperative lifestyle community under construction on the Oakland waterfront, will be holding a senior (50+) cohousing forum in San Rafael on Saturday, July 12th. Other sponsors include Elders Village, McCamant & Durrett Architects and Cohousing Partners. We are supported... Read More

Mistakes New Cohousing Groups Make

Submitted by Sharon Villines on
A list of the 6 mistakes that groups have made that contributed to their downfall or cost them significant financial loses and/or membership problems. Not a scientific study but reflects 20 years of reading Cohousing-L. 1. NOT READING COHOUSING-L. Cohousing-L will give you access to hundreds of successful cohousers who are more than willing to... Read More