Cohousing-L Mailing List: Upcoming events - Pleasant Hill cohousing, CA

[Veena Achar (veena]

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Cohousing: Pleasant Hill - Upcoming EVENTS

At last a COHOUSING OPPORTUNITY in Contra Costa County!

We Are on the Move!
We have a site. We have preliminary designs that have been submitted to
the city..
We have a fun and interesting group with 17 households already signed
up! ...
And with some persistence and a little luck we¹ll start construction
by the end of the year!

Our vision is to create an intergenerational community designed to
foster
friendships between neighbors while maintaining individual privacy. We
are
seeking others to join us in creating a 32-unit cohousing community in
Pleasant Hill. We welcome people of all backgrounds and families with
children! Come find out more about us at two March events, an open house

and
a picnic.

Our Site
Our 2.2 acre site is conveniently located near Highway 680 and BART with

easy access to shopping and recreation and a direct commute to San
Francisco
(40 min. BART ride).  A 20-mile walking and bike path - Iron Horse Trail

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runs adjacent to the site and then winds through the county from Dublin
to
Concord. A magnificent heritage oak tree shelters the property.

The City of Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill, population 31,000, is located 4 miles north of the
I-680/Hwy
24 interchange.  Mostly a residential community with scattered
retail/commercial areas, it is bounded by the cities of Walnut Creek,
Lafayette, Concord, and Martinez. An abundance of good restaurants and
shops
are within easy driving distance. Pleasant Hill is also currently
redeveloping its downtown to create a contemporary shopping district
just
blocks from the site.  The Diablo Valley Community College and the
regional
YMCA are located in Pleasant Hill.  The city has good recreation
programs
for all ages and regional walking/biking trails traverse it.  Briones
Regional park is just west of the city.

The Project
We are developing the project with the assistance of two well-known
leaders
in the field of cohousing, the CoHousing Company (Katie McCamant and
Chuck
Durrett) and Wonderland Development Company (Jim Leach).  We have worked

with them to design our individual homes and the type and size of common

facilities - a 3,835 sq.ft. common house and a pool.  The common house,
with
dining room, kitchen, sitting area, kids  rooms, art room, workshop,
guest
rooms, and laundry, allows us to share some meals and many parts of our
lives.  Individual homes (flats and townhouses) have one to four
bedrooms,
with preliminary estimates ranging from $170,000 to $365,000.

To learn more about the Project
Pleasant Hill Cohousing will host an open house and slide show to inform

people about our project and cohousing in general. Our architects,
developer and those of us already committed to the project will be there

to
meet you and show you our designs. The open house will be followed, two
weeks later, by a picnic with special entertainment for children.

The open house is scheduled for Saturday afternoon, March 4, from 2 p.m.

to
5 p.m. The picnic will be held on Sunday, March 19, from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m.
(see below for locations and call for more information). Mark your
calendar
with these events.

Come join us at one or both of these events, or contact us at
925-256-1085

Open House and Slides
Saturday, March 4, 2-5 pm
Youth Education Room, Unity Church
1871 Geary Road, Walnut Creek
Please RSVP for childcare

Picnic
Sunday March 19, 1-4 pm
Pleasant Hill Park, Area 3 (with trellis)
Corner of Gregory Lane & Cleveland, Pleasant Hill
(across from City Hall)

(Rain location for picnic: Pleasant Hill Community Center,
320 Civic Drive, McHale Room, Pleasant Hill)

Directions to the events:
Unity Church:  Going north on Hwy 680 toward Concord, take Treat/Geary
exit,
turn left on Treat over freeway, continue straight at light for half a
mile.
Pleasant Hill Park:  North on 680, take Contra Costa Blvd. exit,
continue
straight for
3 blocks to Gregory, turn left for 1 block.  Right on Cleveland and left

into the parking area.

Pleasant Hill Cohousing
Finally, a Bay Area cohousing site with real summers!

Website:  http://members.aol.com/dancerbarb/
Email:  dancerbarb [at] aol.com
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Veena Achar (veena [at] dnai.com)
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Member - Pleasant Hill Cohousing - California
http://members.aol.com/dancerbarb
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