Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: how long DOES it take?

[LScottr2go (LScottr2go]

In a message dated 4/3/2000 6:14:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
dmmj [at] ncal.verio.com writes:

<< I'd be interested in a quick reply from the built (or nearly built)
 communities on line. How long DID it take?  More specifically these
 questions:
 
 How long from when the group formed to move-in?
 
 How long from when you found land and got control of it (optioned or
 purchased)?
 
 >>
I feel a story coming on:
When I was 10 or so, my mom invited a family down the street, with 4 big 
hungry boys, to dinner.  My mom was on a budget and didn't really know how 
much boys ate, so she warned my sister and I to "go easy on the chicken".  
Dinner consisted of watching the mound of chicken disappear off the platter.  
As the youngest boy helped himself to yet another piece, my sister piped up:  
"That's six - but who's counting?!!

The same could be said here at Cascadia Commons Cohousing,  under 
construction in Portland, Oregon, after six years - but who's counting?!!  
Linda Scott