Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: How did you start your cohousing group & find members?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On May 15, 2017, at 8:40 AM, Dick Margulis <dick [at] dmargulis.com> wrote:
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> But the cohousing.org listing still tops the list.

At least six of our 43 units were filled by people from outside the DC area. 
People who moved here specifically to live in the community or people who could 
plan job transfers. That is why it is important to send information out there. 
You never know who is just waiting for an opportunity to move to your area.

I was amazed by the number of people who attended the Boulder conference 
because they were looking for a community. I sat on one of the bus tours with a 
woman who had worked with 3 groups that fell apart and she was trying to start 
again with less risk. She was moving to California where there are many small 
communities of stucco apartments and cottages. We worked out a way for her to 
purchase one of them and start a community there with the current residents and 
by shopping for new residents who were looking for cohousing.

Go public about what you are doing. Hiring Ann Zabaldo to help you with 
marketing would be a very good choice. She’s worth her weight in gold. She 
turned out 35 people to the first meeting of Takoma Village in DC.

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