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

[mira Danyel brisk (mirabepeace]

Tiffany,
Thanks for sharing.  Love to see all the creative ways people are working
to make this sort of community a reality in their lives and for others to
share.

Mira

*Cohousing Charlotte & Coho/US*


On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Tiffany Lee Brown <magdalen23 [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

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> http://www.nextavenue.org/not-your-mothers-retirement-home/
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> interesting project! Louisville Cohousing in Colorado is also mentioned.
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> tiffany
> new oregon arts + letters
> plazm magazine
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> "Rock Till You Drop: Home Sweet Home
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> 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...."
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