Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Purchasing land from a school district

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Apr 21, 2017, at 12:19 AM, leenaree [at] xmission.com wrote:
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>  Our start-up cohousing group has as part of its mission statement to offer 
> instruction and hands-on opportunities in growing and preserving food, as 
> well as dyeing, cheesemaking and other  "forgotten" crafts. Have any of you 
> successfully negotiated purchasing a parcel from a school district?  What 
> advice can you offer in terms of how to explain cohousing, and the benefits 
> of having cohousing as a neighbor to a school?

I would suggest naming the part of your venture that is devoted to teaching and 
stressing how that would work. I don’t think the city would want the space used 
for a housing development.

To learn to speak their language, see if you can attend meetings of the school 
board? The city council? That might help in understanding the argument from 
their point of view — in their words.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org