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

[Sandi Brockway (brockway]

We have a local group called Greenspace. Though I am not familiar with all
their tactics, you could give them a call and see if they have any advice:
805-927-4964.

I have a whole other list here from our directory, Macrocosm USA.

CEED
Land Trust Alliance
Cooperative Resources and Service Project

A couple more.

If you don't have these I can do search in our database for current
addresses and numebrs.

Sandi

PS, Buzz Burrell was just sent a free copy of our directory, he just needs
to look in the index part for the directory section under Land Trusts. If
the addresses or numbers do not prove to me current contact me, I have the
updated database.

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>On Wed, 31 May 1995, Buzz Burrell wrote:
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>> << 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.
>> 
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>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.
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>Susan Pintus, Cornerstone Cohousing, Arlington, MA
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