Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: communities of communities

[Rob Sandelin (robsan]

David Mandel, Southside Park Cohousing wrote something which I wanted 
to call out

>>We're letting them meet regularly in our common house for a
while and time will tell.

I think letting forming groups use your facilities can do huge things 
to making cohousing expand.  We (Puget Sound Cohousing Network) hold 
our annual cohousing gathering of the tribes in the commonhouse of 
existing groups.  This is a fabulous way of getting people psyched up 
about cohousing - to see it, feel it, breath it, makes people commit.

This fall PSCN is doing a Cohousing fair, a show and tell, recruitment 
and publicity event where local groups display about their projects and 
we promote the idea.  We invite govt. and angency folks  from the 
governor on down to this and it is also a way to spark interest and 
enthusiasm, as well as getting recruiting groups some publicity.

Open houses can accomplish this as well.  We have succeeded in creating 
18 cohousing communities to date, with another 13 in construction or 
close to construction.  Now we need to show the world, YES! it can be 
done, it has been done, and, most importantly, its a GREAT way to live!

One observation that the movement is growing.  Last July PSCN got 15 
calls for information about cohousing.  As of yesterday PSCN has gotten 
78, many refering to known projects which are sold out.  People are out 
there wanting cohousing, now we just have to help them make it happen.

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