Cohousing-L Mailing List: Accessing New York Times article

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

 On Feb 11, 2022, at 5:29 PM, Stefani Danes <sl47 [at] andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

>Thanks, Steve.  I look forward to reading it, but I don't have
>access to it. Sounds like it's about Rocky Corner.  I hope there's
>a way for them to work something out.
>
> If you have a chance, could you send me a copy of the text?

On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 Sharon Villines wrote:
>
>You probably have a copy of this by now but just a reminder to
>everyone that the modern public library has an incredible amount of
>stuff online. it can be hard to find but there is usually a button to
>ask a librarian. In DC they are very good about tracking things down
>quickly. It's impossible to subscribe to everything out there.

Paywalls are a pain.  I dont try to view NYT articles online very often but
it always says my quota is exceeded.  Are there really any articles allowed
without paying?

After Steve's post that the article would be published on Sunday, I
thought of my neighbor who I suspected got the NYT (on paper). (Watch
for a bright blue plastic bag on the dorrstep.) I emailed her. After a
few short emails to work out logistic , she left it for me on my trash
cart.  Having good neighbors and sharing even if not in cohousing is great.

This morning I tried to find the article at our large county library without
success tho I think it is there. A little later I'll call for
assistance. From 9:03 to 9:17 I chatted with Tony at my library and
clicked on library links and got to the article via the Bsns Insights
database (they have several DB's with NYT)


Sympathy to Rocky Corner, the plan to include affordable units
was impressive.  Were complications related to the affordable units
a big factor in the foreclosure?

Successfuly getting a cohousing community completed is the exception.
It is tough. A study I did found:
Conclusion: Of the 461 communities listed in cohousing directory from
1994 - 2017,  317 failed to get built (69%) and 144 succeeded (31%).
See http://l.cohousing.org/1994-2017.htm
A developer in Madison concurred in my estimate.

In general the further a project gets the more likely they are to
succeed which makes Rocky Corner so unfortunate having gotten much
construction completed. Tho Rocky Corner is not the only one to encounter
major hurdles.

Fred


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