Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Achieving age diversity

[Catya Belfer-Shevett (catya]

> We are now recruiting new prospective residents for our 30-36 unit 
project in Rosendale, NY. We'd like to know how other communities have 
been able to achieve an equitable mix of ages - families and older 
people without children. We are doing outreach to schools. 
pediatricians, etc., yet still are finding it much easier to attract 
people over 55 years to our meetings. Have any of you designed quotas? 
If so, what kind? Do they work? All suggestions appreciated.


You got some good advice on this; I'll emphasize (again) making sure 
that you provide childcare at meetings and have them at a kid-friendly 
time (ours are 3:30-6:30) and place.  Look at local homeschool groups 
and private schools and see if you can get in and do a presentation.

Network, network, network - do your members know people with kids that 
they can personally invite?

        - catya