Re: home-based offices as safety risk to children | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Jeanne Goodman, JP Cohousing (goodmanjjpcohousing.org) | |
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:40:41 -0800 (PST) |
Dear Shelly, In our community a home-based business became very important to me rather early in our development stage as my last place of employment offered me an opportunity to start my own business (read 'laid me off'.) I definitely lean toward the thriving village -- flow line of that argument. Having heard that commonhouses are often under utilized, our shared offices are directly below our commonhouse, but with an entrance directly in front of the parking lot. I imagine that our members who use the office will coffee, dine, and break in the commonhouse, but that their guests will not easily go into the commonhouse unescorted. Office visitors will have access to the office space via the intercom entrance and then will have no more and no less access to the rest of the community than anyone walking thru our property. As the mother of two children who has grown accustomed to the semblance of safety that suburbia has afforded, this feels like the right balance. I would much prefer that the community have too much activity for safety problems. Jeanne Goodman JP Cohousing, Boston Where we only have one unit remaining: a 4-bedroom that would be great as a home office! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelly DeMeo" <shelldemeo [at] comcast.net> To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 1:38 PM Subject: [C-L]_ home-based offices as safety risk to children Hello-- Our group is grappling with the decision of whether or not to allow home-based businesses. There are two very distinct points of view on this issue. One side (actually only one or two households) wants the cohousing community to be a safe, residential community where one doesn't have to worry about strangers walking near our children. The other viewpoint is one of a thriving village, where people flow in and out of the community all day. This side argues that it is actually safer this way, because it provides more eyes watching during the day, as opposed to an empty community during work hours. We have many businesses that want to open including yoga studio, art classes, home-schoolers, landscape architects, violinists, etc. The hot button item tends to be the therapy offices Surprise! We have a lot of therapists in this community and a few of them would like the option to provide therapy in their home. The opposing households feel this is a distinct threat to the children of the community. I am sure others have struggled with this issue. Our group would appreciate any advice on how to reach consensus on this issue. Comments on real life cohousing offices, safety, and kids would be helpful. Thanks. Shelly DeMeo Rocky Hill Cohousing _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
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home-based offices as safety risk to children Shelly DeMeo, November 15 2004
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