Re: Attracting younger families
From: Abe Ross (cohoyotegmail.com)
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 05:39:07 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks Meg, this is very useful information.

Abe

May 18, 2020 9:34:57 AM Fred-List manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org>:

>       Meg Lessard <m.k.lessard [at] gmail.com> 
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>      As a younger family just about the move into Richmond Cohousing 
> (Richmond, 
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> VA - should be getting our Certificate of Occupancy by the end of the 
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> month!) wanted to chime in with my two cents - 
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>      Our group found some success with recruiting households before they have 
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> kids, including ours. Pre-kids we were able to form strong relationships, 
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> dive in with energy and time, and establish the routine of meeting 
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> schedules. Post-kid, we were able to carry that momentum forward as we had 
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> already established a foundation (and both our family and the group had 
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> 9-months to plan for changes in child care and energy levels). I'm hopeful 
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> that as our kid is still young, it might be a bit easier to adapt - we are 
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> not leaving a school district, we are still establishing norms as a family 
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> for independent play, we will start in a smaller unit rather than trying to 
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> downsize down the road. 
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>      Both Richmond Cohousing households with kids were not recruited through 
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> specific targeting to our age-group - just found through our standard 
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> promotional places (Facebook and MeetUp). However, the commitment and 
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> comments around kid spaces were very important. Both families joined before 
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> kids, but kids were very much on the upcoming radar.  Agree with Sharon, it 
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> was very important that the group never wavered in its commitment for 
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> kid-friendly spaces, even as the number of kids in our community ebbed and 
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> flowed as members joined (or unfortunately had to move in the 8 years it 
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> has taken us to get to this point). 
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>      So nothing too earth shattering there but wanted to share as I know our 
> son 
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> is looking for more playmates to join our community, too :) 
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>      We're moving in May/June (less than a month!) and have 3 units still 
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> available for purchase - and these may be offered as rentals if not bought. 
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> Happy to chat if anyone is interested in learning more. 
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>      Meg 
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> Richmond Cohousing (Richmond, VA) 
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> www.richmondcohousing.com 
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