Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing development slowing down?

[S. Kashdan (skashdan]

Hi Joanie and all, This is Sylvie Kashdan of Jackson Place Cohousing in
Seattle.

On February 19, "Joani Blank" <joani [at] swansway.com>
wrote:  Subject: [C-L]_ Cohousing development slowing down?
"Seattle  may have gotten saturated with cohousing (all but 2 of the 9 in
Washington  are in or near Seattle). "

Actually, I don't think that the desire for cohousing in the Seattle area or
Washington State is slowing down. But, a lot of us have been taken up
...overwhelmed... with recent political issues, elections, budget and social
program cuts, etc. ....

Very recently, there have been a lot of people inquiring about possible
places available in the Jackson Place cohousing community, both for rental
and to buy. And there are a few groups in the Seattle area still working on
developing new communities. They are facing both challenges related to
financial issues and finding available properties to develop. Both costs and
competition in getting city government approval for creating specific
projects in specific places are involved. There are also a few new cohousing
groups in other cities and outlying areas in Washington State that you will
probably be soon hearing more about.

Sylvie Kashdan
skashdan [at] scn.org
Jackson Place Cohousing
800 Hiawatha Place South
Seattle, WA 98144
www.seattlecohousing.org