Re: Rentals and aging in community | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Scott Fallows (scott_fallowsyahoo.com) | |
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 11:24:50 -0700 (PDT) |
I think there is great value in raising awareness among the 20 to 30 age group... perhaps some how on college campuses and/or through social media. Here at Heartwood Cohousing in Bayfield, CO we started an organic farm a couple years ago. We invite up to seven interns to come learn farming and experience living in community. Most who come are in their early to mid twenties and live amongst us for the growing season (Apr. - Oct.). Their presence is rich and valuable on many levels. While they typically don't get involved in governance, they do help out at work parties, assist young families with baby sitting, and cook/clean for common meals. As well they bring a certain idealism and sense of integrity, and are wonderful mirrors for us all. A few have stayed on after the season and become official integral members of the community. Before the farm, that particular age was absent here, save the occasional visiting adult child of a resident family. I don't know how other communities can attract that age group but in my opinion it is certainly worthy of exploration. Scott Fallows Heartwood Cohousing heartwoodcohousing.com ________________________________ From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Sent: Thu, April 7, 2011 9:53:02 AM Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Rentals and aging in community On 7 Apr 2011, at 11:03 AM, Richart Keller wrote: > By more age divesity, do you mean more young families? The whole age group of 20-30 is missing from most cohousing communities because they are not yet ready or able to purchase homes. The young families may be able and want to lease a whole unit but single, unpartnered people in this age group would be happier and better able to afford studio apartments. Some are happy as roommates but this is the age where most are looking for independence. Cohousing is by definition more interdependent so to both live in what is essentially an extended family and share a unit with older people who have been able to afford to purchase doesn't provide the opportunity to develop independence. We had a young man living here who was a roommate childcare provider who was about 21. Most roommates and au pair workers don't participate in the community, but he was quite independent and participated a great deal, even taking on governance issues. It was nice to both have his perspective as a person who had taken for granted a lot of sustainability and relationship issues and have the opportunity to educate him about cohousing and what it means to be financially and personally responsible for a maintaining a community. If we educate this age group, the ideas about cohousing will spread more dependably. Sharon ---- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC http://www.takomavillage.org _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
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- Re: Condos & Cohousing Kay Wilson Fisk, April 5 2011
- Re: Condos & Cohousing S. Kashdan, April 6 2011
- Rentals and aging in community Richart Keller, April 7 2011
- Re: Rentals and aging in community Sharon Villines, April 7 2011
- Re: Rentals and aging in community Scott Fallows, April 7 2011
- Re: Rentals and aging in community S. Kashdan, April 7 2011
- Rentals and aging in community Richart Keller, April 7 2011
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