Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Land Trusts/Open Space

[SPINTUS (SPINTUS]

On Wed, 31 May 1995, Buzz Burrell wrote:

> << Has any one had any experience (a) with land trusts in preserving open 
> space
> (and in dividing up the resultant tax credits among a group) or (b)
> partnering with local non-profits in maintaining open space? >>
> 
> I think this is really a good track to follow, and is probably the only way
> urban groups in the high priced areas are going to have any success.
> 
> The group that specializes in CLT's is:
> Institute for Community Economics
> 57 School St
> Springfield, MA
> 01105
> (413) 746-8660
> 
> Although Coho has mostly ignored it, there is actually a large amount of
> publications and resources on what you are doing;  just keep asking around.  
> The
> ICE newsletter ("Community Economics") always lists new books on this subject.
> 

I would be curious to hear if any groups have any luck working through 
this avenue.  My husband and I have know about ICE for many years, and 
recently, it occurred to us that they might have solutions to some of the 
problems our coho group was facing.  My understanding of his discussion 
with them was that they only deal with cities and towns that come to 
them.  In other words, a coho group could not get help directly.  A 
community (as in government entity) must come to them for help creating a
CLT.  We didn't quite see how this could be combined with cohousing, 
at least the way our group has been doing it.


Susan Pintus, Cornerstone Cohousing, Arlington, MA