Cohousing-L Mailing List: parking lots and predominantly female cohousing communities

[Wynne Rae Maggi (wmaggi]

Hi y'all.  Diane wrote in a few weeks ago and received wonderful helpful 
comments and advice about Lake Clare CoHousing.  We are (cross you 
fingers) just now ready to break ground and could use a little more advice.

        First, and this seems almost silly, but seems as if it could 
become a real problem for us....Parking.  According to our building code, 
we are required to have 2 parking spaces per unit.  We have very limited 
space, so 6 spaces are planned under our common house.  We had originally 
planned to enclose the whole garage to make a workshop and other future 
common space, but some members in our group are concerned about the 
parking implications of this.  How have other groups dealt with parking?  
Specifically, do other communities have assigned parking spaces which 
"belong" to each unit or not?
        Second, more a note than a comment, we ahve only recently 
realized that our group is predominantly single women.  In fact, as it 
stands now, it looks like there are only 4 men.  We were wondering what 
the makeup of other similar communities is?

        Finally, there are still one or two units available in Lake 
Clare, and they cost around $90,000 (We're in Atlanta, in a really 
interesting part of the city).  If anyone is interested in joining us, or 
knows someone who is, please write and I'll send information.
        Thanks again for all the help!

Wynne Maggi