Re: Hard to find new members (FWD) | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholsonmaroon.tc.umn.edu) | |
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:50 CST |
Joani Blank Joaniblank [at] aol.com is the author of this message but due to a listserv problem it was posted by the COHOUSING-L sysop (Fred). **************** FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS ********************* I was so touched by Susan Murphy's post here. Susan, yours is NOT the only cohousing group that is having or has had difficulty finding and keeping members. And the reasons that you outline are the same for cohousing everywhere. The Field of Dreams, "Build it; they will come." aphorism is so apt to cohousing. Unfortunately, although we who want to live here have all of the heart needed, we often have neither the finanicial resources or in some cases socio-political or real estate development savvy that is required to build it. I have the distinct privilege of living with Katie McCamant and we have talked a lot, not only about where CoHousing is heading in the US in the broadest way, but also about the most practical of development problems. It seems that we are going to have find developers or indivduals who own sites or are willing to buy property which they can hold until the project is built and the individual units are sold. If it is a conventional developer, we have show him or her (but you know it is always him) how he will make money from the deal. An individual angel, on the other hand, might very well be willing, even eager to see land he/she already owns, or is willling to acquire, put to this use because he/she actually believes in cohousing. What a concept! In any event it simply asking too much, both in terms of available cash and a high degree of risk, of many who are perfect future residents. Joani Blank Doyle Streeet Cohousing Emeryville, CA
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