Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: How to start and try cohousing for a young Peruvian family?

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

John Richmond, Richmond Cohousing <johnrichmond50 [at] hotmail.com>
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Hi Alexis -

We are forming a cohousing community in Richmond, VA. Currently we have an
offer from a local developer to build on a block in the Manchester
neighborhood,  very close to downtown. Each lot will have a duplex; each
household would buy a duplex then rent part of it to another household or
group.  Alternatively they could enter into a type of co-owning
arrangement.

The development would be just across the river from a large state
university, within walking distance of a city park which skirts the river,
 and a ten-minute bicycle ride from downtown,  the university,  and the
park.  Housing prices in Richmond are typically about 60% of those in DC
for equivalent properties. The city school district has several options
for very intelligent students.

If you're interested we can discuss particulars about the plan and the
city off the list. We've visited Blueberry Hill,  Takoma Village,  and
Eastern Village in DC, Shadowlake Village in Blacksburg in southwest
Virginia, and most of the communities around Durham, NC. All of those look
like excellent places to live also, and that is not a comprehensive list
of communities in this region.

Good luck - hopefully we can correspond soon -

John Richmond, Richmond Cohousing