Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Community Within in MN seeks members

[Rob Sandelin (robsan]

>Community meals will be prepared in peoples homes on a rotating basis,
>although as the community grows and evolves we know other arrangements may
>be required.


I gave a presentation at the Simple Living Conference in Seattle 
yesterday and as part of my interactive presentation a several folks 
made reference to doing a dinner club as a community activity.  One 
person mentioned that one group uses a two car garage, which they 
cleaned up, added a scrounged carpet, some wall hangings, lamps and a 
couch from thrift stores and garage sales and have created what sounds 
like a very nice, very low budget "common house" where they do their 
group dinners 3 nights a week.

As I was leaving the reception afterwards, I saw 8 people huddled in a 
corner organizing a dinner group!  I got so jazzed about it that I came 
home and wrote the beginnings of an essay called: Tearing down the 
fences, rebuilding community in your neighborhood.  If you know of 
places where people are creating community in informal, retrofit sort 
of ways I would appreciate you sharing that.

Rob Sandelin
Puget Sound Cohousing Network
Building a better society, one neighborhood at a time.