Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Announcing Kickoff Presentation for Newt Crossing, forming near Port Townsend

[Sarah Lesher (sarah.lesher]

Eva --

Great news!  I'm excited for you!

I ended up in Cantine's Island Cohousing, built in 1997 (after years of
struggle and according to one person, 1000 possible-member-interactions),
in Saugerties, NY, 100 miles north of NYC, 50 south of Albany.

I'd looked at a house here in 2017, too big for me.  Now its once again for
sale, still too big for me!  Then, through one sentence in Cohousing
listserv, I learned of a smaller one here that I bought last fall.  I'm 78
and after retearing a rotator cuff with a Thanksgiving turkey, am already
too dependent on others, now just to get myself moved up from Silver
Spring.  Effort is mostly donating/rehoming 75% of my stuff, since I
remember my horror when a housemate's fiancee forced him to just send most
of his stuff to landfill.

Fortunately life working for State probably kept your belongings pruned,
and anyhow you've owned your place for years.

Bimodal distribution here: 10 out of 31 are over 65 and in the Aging
Committee, struggling to figure out how to maintain independence and not
ask too much of the other 21 who are younger than 50.  A difficult issue
for many cohousing groups.

Meanwhile Rocky Corner, in Bethany, CT, with which I was twice an Explorer,
just had to go into foreclosure even though at least 50% built.  So sad.

Best wishes for Newt Crossing!  I do think Sunnyside's approach of bringing
on Karen G and others early was wise, though costly for Jennie and Dean.

--Wokie, but here they insist on calling me Sarah:  "You can't be Wokie if
you have a dog named Wookie!"

On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 7:48 PM <eva [at] olympus.net> wrote:

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>
> Since this kind of shameless promotion seems to be permitted here... :-)
>
> Charles Durrett is coming to Port Townsend, Washington, for a kickoff
> public presentation on Cohousing for Newt Crossing Community.
>
> Saturday, April 9, 3-5pm, at the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St, Port
> Townsend.
>
> This is an in-person event, vaccination cards will be required at the
> door.
>
> Chuck will present Living Sustainably in Community and share his 30
> years of expertise designing socially vibrant and environmentally
> sustainable communities.
>
> Newt Crossing sits on 17 acres of woodland 3 miles outside of Port
> Townsend.
>
> We will host a walk-the-land opportunity on April 10, at 11am.
>
> Eva Holm
>
> www.newtcrossing.org [1]
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>
>
> Links:
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> [1] http://www.newtcrossing.org
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