Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Associate Membership. Does your communmity have this?

[Jeroldine Hallberg (hardinester]

Joanna,
Your message comes at a great time for us at Skagit Commons in Anacortes,
WA.
We are investigating this concept and our next step is to review our
progress and do a first round to get  community input in September.
Can you share the Cherry Hill and PDX documents?
Jeroldine (Jerry) Hallberg



On Fri, Aug 14, 2026, 7:43 PM roger cunningham via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> Here at Cantine’s Island, Hudson Valley, New York, we have a “Participating
> Member” category. For a nominal monthly fee members can enjoy all the
> benefits of membership, are expected to be involved in committees and
> attend HOA meetings (although they cannot vote/block proposals). For an
> additional fee they can also use the laundry facility. The original idea
> was to have people involved who would essentially constitute a waiting list
> as units became available.
> We have a few units that have some rental space included and we encourage
> those renters to have PM status but don’t require it.
> Roger Cunningham
> Cantine’s Island bookkeeper
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> On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM Joanna Allen via Cohousing-L <
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> > I am very interested in the concept of Associate Membership and have
> > documents from Cherry Hill in Amherst MA and PDX Commons in Portland,OR,
> > showing how they manage this component of co-housing.  I am broadening my
> > research in order to better weigh the pros and cons.
> > In brief, this system enables neighbors of your community, who don't live
> > on your campus or in your building, but may own a home a few blocks away,
> > to belong to your community and benefit, as well as bring benefits to the
> > co-housing community, especially as we age.Thanks,JoAnna Allen, Phoenix
> > Commons, Oakland CA415-307-2867
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