Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 230, Issue 26

[Kathleen Lowry (kathleenlowrylpcclmft]

Sandy, Would this be a time for an anonymous survey? Asking why they don’t 
come, what would encourage them to come, if alternatives like group exercise or 
a daily coffee hour might be more appealing and in line with their 
needs/schedules. My COVID community (cohousing only because we shared a large 
apartment complex) responded more to group outdoor exercise (yoga)  than to 
anything else. 

> On Mar 16, 2023, at 9:35 AM, Sandy Thomson <sandykthomson [at] gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Zev,
> Here at Heartwood we have had the same problem.  For 20 years we were able to 
> have enough participation to have two common meal and a potluck a week.  Now 
> we are down to one common meal and a potluck ( which is often poorly attended 
> compared to pre-Covid) I am baffled as to why.  The only thing I can come up 
> with is 
> 1.  People are older now and Covid took a lot out of them.  People are tired. 
> And because we have more older members they are more concerned about getting 
> Covid, still. 
> 2. A couple households moved in during Covid and never participated in the 
> meals even after Covid was “over”. 
> Those are the only things I could come up with.  I will be interested to hear 
> if other communities are experiencing the same thing. We used to have 25-30 
> people coming to meals now it’s more like 15-20.
> Sandy
> 
> 
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>> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 23:33:01 +0000
>> From: Zev Paiss <zevpaiss [at] gmail.com>
>> To: "cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
>> Subject: [C-L]_ Shared Meals
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>> Hello Cohousers,
>> 
>> Here at Nomad Cohousing in Boulder, Colorado we have been able to offer 2 
>> meals a week for almost our entire 25 years except for a year plus during 
>> COVID when they were on hold.
>> 
>> Since the resumption of meals about a year ago we are seeing a constantly 
>> low turnout and am wondering how other communities deal with flagging meal 
>> participation?
>> 
>> Zev Paiss
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