Cohousing-L Mailing List: Community Connection Forum in St. Louis

[Vincent Bates (vince]

The Community Connection Forum is to provide an opportunity for people to 
network for the purpose of building close-knit communities. 
Topics explored in these regular meetings will be: 

>? Intentional Community Development 
>? Sustainable Energy and Building Solutions 
>? The Ecovillage Concept 
>? Legalities & Internal Agreements 
>? Building a Core Group / Hosting Additional Meetings 

If you have been interested in developing community, currently are, 
or are interested in exploring the possibilities that exist, 
then please join us in this region-wide exploratory forum.    


This event will kick off what we hope to be a string of 'community 
dialogues'.   
This first one in the area will be held at a new facility in The Grand Center 
area 
of St. Louis known as The Commonspace.  Convening in this coffehouse 
atmosphere in a casual manner during the afternoon on Saturday, March 1st, 
we will have various community building materials and information available in 
an informal setting from noon until 4:00.  During the next couple hours there 
will 
be an exercise in consensus building as we begin to refine the following day's 
activities according to the collective interest of the group.  This will also 
give time 
for those coming in from out of town the opportunity to try and make overnight 
arrangements.  From noon until 6 on Sunday there will be at least three 
separate break out sessions for those interested in particular topics, while 
those 
who prefer to continue on with general discussion or watch videos on the 
intentional community concept may do so.   There will be a wrap up session 
toward the end to clarify any further intentions and willingness to paritcipate 
in 
promoting the cause of community. 

Following the planned events will be others of interest in the St. Louis 
region; 
an sustainability related speaker event, a fund-raising party for the local 
IMC, 
community dinners possibly open for additional guests, as well as a few Sunday 
breakfast brunches available at local restaurant coffeehouse settings.   
Depending on the number of participants and level of interest, accomodations 
will be made to help make those from out of town feel as welcome as possible.   

Those of you who are local and can help in making this most successful -- 
please do so!  Rides, rooms, and readiness to participate would be much   
appreciated.   Additional organizational support and materials would also 
helpful, the big thing though is -- get the word out! 

The Details: 

Location -- The Commonspace 
615 N. Grand 
  St. Louis, MO  63103 
   (314) 531-1707 - a $5 donation would be appreciated 
Contact Vince at:  (314) 956-9354 for additional information or questions 
vince [at] mlc.net 
                           or Bill at tribal_tek [at] hotmail.com 
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Looking forward to the existing possibilities that we share in connecting 
people 
and communities, that we may once again learn to live in a more natural and 
less stressful manner, with love and compassion for one another and respect for 
the planet, knowing that we are known and can know others in ways that make 
life a fulfilling journey - one more community at a time -- together. 

Additional promotional materials will be made available, such as a PDF version 
of this for hardcopy posting.  Please post this to your web-based event 
calenders and put out on your listservs.  If you specifically have requests for 
rewording and such along these lines, please let us know via email first 
preferrably.  Feel free to call me personally if time critical questions should 
arise 
on my cell: (314) 956-9354 

vince [at] mlc.net 
buffie [at] mlc.net 
tribal_tek [at] hotmail.com 


In Community, 


Vince 


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