Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Themed, affinity, or specialty cohousing

[Roger Studley (roger]

Thanks, all, for pointing out these communities. I'll reach out to them
(and try to make a post about what I learn). If there are additional
suggestions, keep 'em coming!

~Roger


On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Beverly Jones Redekop <
beverly.jones.redekop [at] gmail.com> wrote:

>
> This looks interesting in Bremerton, WA:
> http://www.bartcommunity.com/contact-us/.
>
> "Bartimaeus Community is a subset of the larger resident group at Meadow
> Wood Condominium.  We are a voluntary neighborhood association of
> like-minded families, who nevertheless appreciate having neighbors who may
> differ with those values. We strive to be inclusive, and good neighbors,
> while maintaining our own Christian distinctives.  We are fully
> in compliance with Fair Housing law."
>
> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017, 4:17 AM Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > I would argue that cohousing communities will often have shared
> > interests that naturally arise out of the interests of the members.
> > And that shared interest may play a role in who decides to join.
> > That is, people become aware of and self select in part because
> > they are attracted to communities with members with whom they share
> > some interests or at least a general perspective.
> >
> > This relates to the difficulty of some kinds of diversity that has
> > been noted in threads on that topic.
> >
> > Whether that shared interest rises to the level of being a "theme"
> > will vary and probably seldom be a defining characteristic.
> > And the shared interest may be rather general.
> >
> > One community that, as I understand it, had a shared interest in
> > community organizing is / was On Going Concerns community in Portland
> > Oregon. They have not been very connected to other cohousing
> > communities much. They are not in the directory --
> > http://cohousing.org/directory . I do not know how the community is
> > doing - I do not have any contacts there. I did visit them years ago.
> > I think they were on a tour or were open to visitors related to a
> > cohousing conference years ago. I have this little page about them:
> > http://mn.cohousing.org/retrofit/ongoing.htm
> >
> > Can anyone give an update on them?
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > --
> > Bassett Creek Cohousing, Minneapolis  http://mn.cohousing.org/bcrk/
> > Fred H. Olson  Minneapolis,MN 55411  USA        (near north Mpls)
> >      Email:        fholson at cohousing.org      612-588-9532
> > My Link Pg: http://fholson.cohousing.org
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