Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Is Commonspace cohousing? [was: We're in Time!

[John Carver (jcarver]

On 19/11/2017 6:44 AM, Fred H Olson wrote:
> At one place in Syracuse, all of that [social interaction] happens on
> > those long snow-filled nights. That place is Commonspace, a
> > "co-housing" community on the fourth and fifth floors of a restored
> > 19th-century office building.
> I've only skimmed the article so far but the quote above got my
> attention and I got sidetracked investigating:
>
> Is Commonspace cohousing? ( http://www.commonspace.io )

It's sort of an upbeat rooming house. An array of bedrooms with ensuites 
around a common kitchen and other facilities. I doubt the residents use 
their kichenettes for much more than breakfast and coffee.

I don't see anywhere on their site that they call it cohousing. And 
their spaces are rented furnished. But having lived in several rooming 
houses in my younger years I can confirm they do foster a kind of 
community. When you have to share so much in your daily life you need 
cooperation and collaboration.

John Carver
Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community
Nanaimo, BC
http://pacificgardens.ca/