Cohousing-L Mailing List: Rock 'Til You Drop cohousing

[Tiffany Lee Brown (magdalen23]

http://www.nextavenue.org/not-your-mothers-retirement-home/


interesting project! Louisville Cohousing in Colorado is also mentioned.


tiffany
new oregon arts + letters
plazm magazine



"Rock Till You Drop: Home Sweet Home

Myroup, who plays guitar and drums, jams with a band called the Old Farts,
lives in northwest Indiana and plans to retire in five years, has put up a
website <http://www.rtyd.org/> to gauge interest in the idea.

“We had a lot of interest, but the problem is getting people to put up
money for a vision,” he says. Still, about 20 people so far are onboard.
Now they just need to find a place to live the dream of a co-housing
community <http://cohousing.org/> for aging rockers.

A growing body of research suggests that creativity and artistic expression
contribute to healthy aging.

“We found that trying to find a location that is suitable for most people
is a little difficult when you’re all over the country,” said Myroup. But
the rocking pre-retirees have narrowed down their parameters. The goal is
to find property that is affordable in an area with a low cost of living;
within an hour of an international airport; near a good hospital, cultural
venues and a college campus; and, surprise, surprise, marijuana tolerant.
The top states the group is considering: North Carolina, Tennessee,
California, Oregon and Arizona.

They might buy an RV park...."