Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Best ways to seek collaborators? (Tiffany Lee Brown)

[Emilie Parker (emilie.v.parker]

If you were in Colorado, Tiffany, you would love Artists Cohousing we are
starting -- creatives and art lovers, cohousing and economic
sustainability.  It's close to Denver International Airport.

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Emilie Parker
emilie.v.parker [at] gmail.com
303-317-4558 main
240-350-8533 cell
My website: www.emilieparker.com
Artists Cohousing website: www.artistscohousing.com
Art Cohousing Meetup:  www.meetup.com/artists-housing-community



On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Tiffany Lee Brown <magdalen23 [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Thank you, Thomas, for sharing your idea and experience. If I find an
> existing  community that suits our basic requirements, I will certainly see
> if we could sign up! For us, that means being within a few hours of our
> extended family in Eugene and Portland, Oregon; semi-rural or rural (it
> seems like most co-housing opportunities in Central Oregon are
> urban/suburban Bend); and dry, such as the High Desert of Central Oregon.
>
> We are being pushed out of our amazing neighborhood community in Portland
> by my health problems. A drier climate with less outdoor mold is necessary
> for my recovery. That rules out the many communities in Ashland, Eugene,
> Corvallis, etc.
>
> I am hoping we can take short visits to communities in various climates of
> Oregon and California, talking with folks who are willing to share a moment
> about their collective lives. We have a little travel trailer and flexible
> jobs, and I need to head to California to see a specialist doctor anyway...
>
> Long term, my hopes may be unrealistic, but they may result in some form
> of cohousing or development. My family and I have a strong background in
> the arts and in the creative economy, including strategy and branding. We
> help businesses figure out who they are, what they truly want, and to
> communicate it to the world. Now I want to use this experience toward
> starting an ambitious new project of our own.
>
> My hope is to embed creativity, wellness, and compassionate
> entrepreneurship in the DNA of a community. The model would not operate as
> a commune, but would explicitly facilitate small business among its members
> (possibly both residential members and community members who do not live
> on-site), focusing on artistic, artisanal, craft, and sustainability-
> related pursuits.
>
> The nonprofit I head up is working toward a new artist residency program
> as well, and in my fantasies, that would occur on this mythical piece of
> land in Central Oregon too. I envision setting out with a goal not just of
> creating community but of building multiple streams of revenue into the
> project from the outset: and in Central Oregon, that means tourism dollars.
>
> This all sounds rather mercenary, but since we're stuck in our colonialism
> and capitalism, it makes sense to insure a long future for a project,
> something not entirely reliant on real estate and on community goodwill for
> survival. Especially for younger folks, personal life, community,
> creativity, and small entrepreneurship/freelancing often meld together.
> This shouldn't just be reflected on our Facebook feeds, Instagram photos,
> and LinkedIn pages, but in our real lives, boots on the ground. Having a
> place to share that community in real life, realtime, could be amazing...
>
> - Tiffany
>
> Tiffany Lee Brown
> Editor, Plazm magazine
> Back issues: plazm.com/store
>
>
> On Oct 12, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Thomas Lofft <tlofft [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Tiffany Lee Brown from Oregon wrote:   What would you experienced
> co-housers recommend as a way to connect with people who might be
> interested in starting a community?
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
> > Tiffany
> > In Oregon Hi, Tiffany and all wannabes - start-up cohousers: I recommend
> that any small group in particular, especially those who are thinking of
> breaking new ground as pioneers, or who may have made a best effort and
> folded their program,  to consider moving en masse to an established
> community which may still have multiple lots, condos, or home building
> opportunities still available.  Many experienced builders over the past
> years combined the companies rather than risking trying to restart in an
> uncertain economy. Why start over on a four to ten year risk loaded
> enterprise when an energetic community is waiting to embrace you all only a
> few hours airline flight away.  E.g., Liberty Village, MD, has 18 homes
> completed and ten platted lots immediately available to start construction.
> We are working vigorously to determine what makes new housing even more
> affordable more quickly: Smaller Houses? Lower Quality? Different
> Technology? Dropping geothermal ground source heating systems a
>  nd
> >  focusing on smaller and tighter homes with photovoltaic instead? We
> believe we are open to all creative thinking. As we complete the next ten
> new homes, we will have ample land and zoning available to build another
> ten later to bring us to our approved community size of 38 total new homes.
> Liberty Village has already moved in at least three households relocated
> here from California and all appear to be well assimilated as settlers even
> if they missed the opportunity to join us as pioneering burning souls 15
> years ago. One retired to move here; another kept her CA job and works here
> remotely with ample time to walk her dog every day instead of driving to an
> office;  another negotiated  job reassignment to her company's MD office
> and left cohousing in CA to leapfrog to MD.  There are 28 households here
> including renters now sharing the existing 18 homes, enjoying community
> meals every week in a charming, delightful, photovoltaic energized Common
> House. More residents may mean even m
>  o
> > re common meals as well as less work for everyone.  Please check us out
> and bring your family, and your entire start-up group. Why start over on a
> four to ten year risk loaded enterprise when an energetic, experienced
> community is waiting to embrace you all only a few hours airline flight
> away.  Cheers and best cohousing wishes, Tom LofftLiberty Village, MD
> Http://www.LibertyVillage.Com Please check out all our neighboring
> cohousing communities:Http://www.MidAtlanticCohousing.org
> >
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