Fresno Cohousing Groundbreaking!
From: Lynette Bassman (lbassmanalliant.edu)
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:04:14 -0700 (PDT)
FRESNO COHOUSING PRESENTS: "A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY"

You are invited to join the party in celebration of our groundbreaking:

Sunday, May 6 from 1 to 4 pm - 2658 East Alluvial Ave. 

 

Fresno Cohousing community designated first multi-family residential project 
for "Fresno Green" Program and far exceeds energy-efficiency qualifications

 

 

FRESNO, CA; April 19, 2007 -After 2 ½  years of planning, the members of Fresno 
Cohousing will break ground at the site of their future cohousing community on 
Sunday May 6, 2007. The 28-household cohousing neighborhood is being built on a 
2.8 acre site located at 2658 East Alluvial Ave. between Chestnut and Willow in 
north Fresno.

 

Fresno Cohousing is an innovative, environmentally-conscious neighborhood being 
created with the active involvement of the future residents who will all know 
each other before they move in. Fresno Cohousing is the first multi-family 
residential project to qualify under the new pilot "Fresno Green" incentive 
program sponsored by the City of Fresno. According to Karana Hattersley-Drayton 
in the City's Planning and Development Department, the cohousing neighborhood 
far exceeded the qualifications necessary for the program which is based on the 
national LEED-certified program to encourage people to use "green" building 
practices, materials and design to produce homes that are energy efficient and 
friendly to the environment. 

 

Fresno Cohousing will utilize state-of-the-art green building technologies and 
materials. Homes in cohousing neighborhoods across the United States are known 
for reducing energy consumption up to 50% as compared to homes in the 
surrounding neighborhoods. The Fresno Cohousing neighborhood, named "La 
Querencia," is believed to be the most green and sustainable residential 
project of its size in Fresno and possibly in the California Central Valley.

 

Celebration of Community

La Querencia's groundbreaking, "Celebration of Community" is an afternoon party 
with festivities taking place from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. The celebration will 
include activities for children and adults. For the kids, there will be an 
activity area with face-painting, a bounce house and games. For adults, there 
will be an entertainment tent including music, and information about green 
building and sustainable living. 

 

La Querencia Fresno Cohousing will consist of 28 energy-efficient homes, a 
pool, community garden, kid's play area, and a 3,000 sq. ft. multi-purpose 
Common House. La Querencia will be the first cohousing community in Fresno, one 
of 20 in California and one of close to 100 in the United States. The future 
residents hold free information meetings and are open to new member households. 
The cohousing community will feature private homes and shared common 
facilities, including a clubhouse or Common House where residents hold classes 
and meetings, socialize and where neighbors typically eat together two or three 
times each week. For more information call 866-246-7717 or email: info [at] 
fresnocohousing.org. More info available at www.fresnocohousing.org 
<http://www.fresnocohousing.org/> .

 

 

 

Lynette Bassman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

California School of Professional Psychology at

Alliant International University

phone: (559) 253-2240

fax:  (559) 253-2267

lbassman [at] alliant.edu <mailto:lbassman [at] alliant.edu> 

 

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