Cohousing-L Mailing List: managing big capital projects

[Jim Bronson (jimbronsonashland]

Great question, Muriel.

We have two huge projects pending: a $250K solar installation and a $50K
patio cover system.  At River Song in Eugene, we have had volunteer teams
handle investigation and proposal development for each with single-topic
community meetings and community consensus on proposals before going ahead.

Looking forward to hearing from others about this important issue for us
coho amateur developer types.
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This came up during our current discussions about our updating our Capital
Reserves plan, namely, how will we manage big items that are coming up in
the next few years? The biggest one will be re-doing all of our asphalt
roadways and pedways, and then the CH will be ready for major re-roofing.
We don't know if we'll have in-house (ie, volunteer) project management
expertise available to us as we did for some large-scale projects in the
past.

How do other cohousing communities handle the management side of your
capital maintenance projects?
    Muriel at Shadowlake Village
*Jim Bronson*
*www.riversongcohousing.org <http://www.riversongcohousing.org>*
Eugene, Oregon on the shores of the Willamette River

*I was born at 303 ppm CO2.*