Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Development Phase

[R.N. Johnson (cohoranda]

For people who enjoy visioning and creating, getting in on the early stages of 
a project allows them to participate in the many decisions that shape both the 
community and its processes, and the physical project. The process of making 
all those decisions and taking the risks helps bond the early joiners in a way 
that later joiners will have to work hard to replicate. People with financial 
limitations, or physical limitations who participate early on will have an 
easier time motivating their communities to make the decisions that allow those 
with limitations of one sort or another to join the community in its built form 
and participate fully. 

On the other hand, for those who do not enjoy details or are not in a position 
to risk the time and money needed to get a community up and running, joining 
later on allows them to live in community with a smaller time and money "price 
tag". 

I would encourage you to go for it.
Randa Johnson
New Brighton Cohousing
Aptos, CA 
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