RE: BIG Co-housing. Who Loves It? Who Hates It? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Eris Weaver (eriswsonic.net) | |
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 10:24:12 -0800 (PST) |
Lion said: > The nearest actual co-housing project is about 12 miles from > me in Cotati, called FrogSong. It is a small town main street > development with storefronts on the street level (which are > not associated with the co-housing) I must correct you here. Our community OWNS that commercial building and it is a source of income for us. One of our members is paid to manage the business. One of the spaces is used as office space for the businesses of three of our members. > What is the reaction to co-housing proposed on this scale? > Both positive and negative reactions are welcome, but I > anticipate more negatives, so to follow-up... What needs to > change before it approaches your threshhold of acceptability? One thing that is important in cohousing is the ability to know everyone; making decisions by consensus requires a deep level of trust, and a manageable number of people participating. Our 30 units include 52 adults, which I believe is close to the upper limit that can work together in this way in any practical manner. I suppose that a large building such as you are describing could work as cohousing if each floor or wing of 25-30 units functioned as its own community with each one sending representatives to a federation of some sort. But 100 units couldn't function in the way that we do, I don't think. Eris Weaver FrogSong, Cohousing in Cotati, CA
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RE: BIG Co-housing. Who Loves It? Who Hates It? Eris Weaver, March 26 2006
- RE: BIG Co-housing. Who Loves It? Who Hates It? Lion Kuntz, March 26 2006
- RE: BIG Co-housing. Who Loves It? Who Hates It? Lion Kuntz, April 1 2006
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Re: BIG Co-housing. Who Loves It? Who Hates It? Dave and Diane, March 26 2006
- RE: Re: BIG Co-housing. Who Loves It? Who Hates It? Rob Sandelin, March 26 2006
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