Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Greetings from Monterey Bay, CA

[BSteph (BSteph]

In a message dated 9/12/99 5:56:39 PM, you wrote:

>On November 20, 1999, Chuck and Katie of The Cohousing Company are coming to 
>the Monterey Peninsula, CA, to present the cohousing slide show at the 
>Unitarian Universalist Church in Monterey.

If you're able, start educating the movers and shakers now. In Silicon Valley 
we repeatedly run into coho blocks by politicians a city staff. If you can 
swing it,  put together an education session/lunch for the bankers, 
architects, politicians, developers, and city/co. staff where Katie and Chuck 
can talk them up. When I was in a previous Santa Barbara coho group we did 
this (with a grant from a local bank) and it was a great success. If you 
can't swing the extra work/costs, then invite them with a phone call to 
attend your public session. They won't get the targeted spin, but they will 
see that the voters are interested in it.

I think this needs to be done in communities all over the nation. When you 
hire Katie/Chuck or others to make presentations, make better use of the 
travel expenses and target the powers that be. Is there any forum for 
addressing this at the upcoming conference...mass public education. Just 
think, what if we had a national public relations director for cohousing.

Ah dreams,
Stephanie