Cohousing-L Mailing List: Getting It Built workshop

[Jeff Gold (jgold]

CoHousing Ontario presents
"Getting It Built"
A cohousing workshop facilitated by Kathryn McCamant, 
architect, principal of The Cohousing Company, Berkeley, California and
co-author of 
CoHousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves
June 3-4, 2000 at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
252 Bloor Street West, Toronto

This intensive 13-hour weekend workshop has propelled dozens of CoHousing
groups towards the succcessful completion of their communities.  It gives
participants an overview of organizing , planning,  and designing a
CoHousing community with specific attention to key issues for developing a
successful community.  The workshop focuses on the nuts-and-bolts issues of
making your dream a reality and learning from the experience of more than
50 communities completed or under construction.  
The following topics will be covered:
The CoHousing Process
·       An overview of the process from initial meeting to moving in
·       Forming an organizing group, working together, and issues to address
early in the process
The Technical Issues
·       Financing options. ownership structures and financial realities (What
will it cost?  What can I 
afford?)
·       Designing for community: design issues
Working Together
·       How does the group organize to make decisions effectively?
·       Getting along - the dynamics of group interaction
What Next?
·       Am I ready?  What do I do now?  With whom?
·       The next steps: your role, the group's role, services offered by
cohousing professionals
·       What are other CoHousing organizing groups doing?

Each participant will receive a workshop handbook including financial
worksheets.  We recommend that you read the book CoHousing: A Contemporary
Approach to Housing Ourselves by Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett
(1994, Ten Speed Press) in preparation for the workshop.
Registration fee includes a pre-workshop presentation and slide show on
Friday evening, June 2, 2000, 8 pm, at Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George
Street
Fee:    $300  (CAN) for registrations received before April 1
        $325 (CAN) after April 1
        $10 (CAN) for pre-workshop slide show only
Register early - Space for 35 participants only!
(For cancellation policy see other side)
For more information contact Cohousing Ontario
phone:  (416) 738-0850  fax:  (905) 857-6374
e-mail:  dmazeau [at] dcsnet.com

Register by phone, fax or email.  Registration confirmed upon receipt of
this form with payment. 
Make cheques payable to Cohousing Ontario and send to:  CoHousing Ontario,
186 Ridgewood Crescent, Bolton, Ontario, L7E 4V6
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 Date: _______________
Organization: ______________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________
City: _____________________Prov/State: ______ 
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Cohousing Ontario:
 A chapter of the Canadian Cohousing Network
We are a volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and
supporting collaborative housing in Ontario.  We collect, generate and
share information to help individuals and groups understand the process of
cohousing as it evolves.  We meet with groups as they form, and present the
concept of cohousing to business and government organizations to ensure
that cohousing becomes accepted as a viable alternative to the way we've
built housing in the past.  We depend entirely on member support for our
activities, and welcome your ideas and comments.  Contact us at by phone at
(416) 738-0850, by email dmazeau [at] dcsnet.com, or by mail at 186 Ridgewood
Crescent, Bolton, Ontario L7E 4V6. 

Cancellation Policy:
Cancellation before April 15, 2000:  Full refund, less $25 administration fee
Cancellation between April 15 and May 15, 2000:  50% refund
Cancellation after May 15, 2000:  No refund