Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: coho on radio (NPR)

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Debbie Behrens Debbie.Behrens [at] syngistix.com wrote:

> 
> 
> Did anyone notice the Morning Edition (NPR) feature on cohousing New
> Years Day? It was a good way to start the new year!!
> 
> Co-housing happens where different families and individuals share
> common facilities. It's a cross between condominiums and communes. The
> concept is a European one, but in towns like Ithaca, N.Y., it's
> gaining popularity. Jon Miller (f) examines this alternative housing
> trend. (4:18)
> 

and

On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Michael Barrett Fifomonday [at] aol.com wrote:

> The program audio is available at: 
> 
> http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/20020101.me.15.ram
> 
> Michael Barrett
> www.libertyvillage.com

I heard it twice as I was waking up - The second time I made a few notes
(to the best of my recollection):

The first sentence was something like "Cohousing is regaining popularity."
I suspect this meant "Intentional community in the form of cohousing is
regaining popularity." It featured Cohousing at Ithaca Ecovillage.  It
cited 49 built communities in the US and about 120 in the works. "similar
to cooperative apartments" "Takes inspiration from communes" and "hybrid
of ..." and had a fairly balanced description.  "Can be more expensive,
often 15% per square foot more" Residents are likely to drive "Hondas and
Subarus".

On the whole I thought it was a great piece.  It did not give any
references about where to find more information.

Fred

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