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From: Jeff Gold (jgold netrover.com)
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| Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 17:09:27 -0600 (MDT) | |
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CoHousing Ontario presents
"Getting It Built"
A cohousing workshop facilitated by Kathryn McCamant,
architect, principal of The Cohousing Company, Berkeley, California and=20
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. Assisting will be Chris ScottHanson,=20
author of =93The CoHousing Handbook=94.
This intensive 13-hour weekend workshop has propelled dozens of CoHousing=20
groups towards the succcessful completion of their communities. It gives=20
participants an overview of organizing , planning, and designing a=20
CoHousing community with specific attention to key issues for developing a=
=20
successful community. The workshop focuses on the nuts-and-bolts issues of=
=20
making your dream a reality and learning from the experience of more than=20
50 communities completed or under construction.
The following topics will be covered:
The CoHousing Process
=B7 An overview of the process from initial meeting to moving in
=B7 Forming an organizing group, working together, and issues to=20
address early in the process
The Technical Issues
=B7 Financing options. ownership structures and financial realities=20
(What will it cost? What can I
afford?)
=B7 Designing for community: design issues
Working Together
=B7 How does the group organize to make decisions effectively?
=B7 Getting along - the dynamics of group interaction
What Next?
=B7 Am I ready? What do I do now? With whom?
=B7 The next steps: your role, the group's role, services offered by=
=20
cohousing professionals
=B7 What are other CoHousing organizing groups doing?
Each participant will receive a workshop handbook including financial=20
worksheets. We recommend that you read the book CoHousing: A Contemporary=
=20
Approach to Housing Ourselves by Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett=20
(1994, Ten Speed Press) in preparation for the workshop.
Registration fee includes a pre-workshop presentation and slide show on=20
Friday evening, June 2, 2000, 8 pm, at Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George=
Street
Fee: $325 (CAN)
$10 (CAN) for pre-workshop slide show only
Register early - Space for 35 participants only!
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=20
this form with payment.
Make cheques payable to Cohousing Ontario and send to: CoHousing Ontario,=
=20
186 Ridgewood Crescent, Bolton, Ontario, L7E 4V6
Name: ________________________________
Date: _______________
Organization: ______________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________
City: _____________________Prov/State: ______
Postal/Zip Code___________
Telephone: (H) ____________________
(W) _____________________
Fax:_________________________
Email: _______________________
Cohousing Ontario:
A chapter of the Canadian Cohousing Network
We are a volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and=20
supporting collaborative housing in Ontario. We collect, generate and=20
share information to help individuals and groups understand the process of=
=20
cohousing as it evolves. We meet with groups as they form, and present the=
=20
concept of cohousing to business and government organizations to ensure=20
that cohousing becomes accepted as a viable alternative to the way we've=20
built housing in the past. We depend entirely on member support for our=20
activities, and welcome your ideas and comments. Contact us at by phone at=
=20
(416) 738-0850, by email dmazeau [at] dcsnet.com, or by mail at 186 Ridgewood=20
Crescent, Bolton, Ontario L7E 4V6.=20
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CoHousing Ontario presents<br>
"Getting It Built"<br>
A cohousing workshop facilitated by Kathryn McCamant, <br>
architect, principal of The Cohousing Company, Berkeley, California and
co-author of <br>
CoHousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves<br>
June 3-4, 2000 at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
(OISE)<br>
252 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Assisting will be Chris
ScottHanson, author of =93<i>The CoHousing Handbook=94</i>.<br>
<br>
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. <br>
The following topics will be covered:<br>
The CoHousing Process<br>
=B7<x-tab> </x-tab>An overview of
the process from initial meeting to moving in<br>
=B7<x-tab> </x-tab>Forming an
organizing group, working together, and issues to address early in the
process<br>
The Technical Issues<br>
=B7<x-tab> </x-tab>Financing
options. ownership structures and financial realities (What will it
cost? What can I <br>
afford?)<br>
=B7<x-tab> </x-tab>Designing for
community: design issues<br>
Working Together<br>
=B7<x-tab> </x-tab>How does the
group organize to make decisions effectively?<br>
=B7<x-tab> </x-tab>Getting along -
the dynamics of group interaction<br>
What Next?<br>
=B7<x-tab> </x-tab>Am I
ready? What do I do now? With whom?<br>
=B7<x-tab> </x-tab>The next steps:
your role, the group's role, services offered by cohousing
professionals<br>
=B7<x-tab> </x-tab>What are other
CoHousing organizing groups doing?<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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<br>
Fee:<x-tab> </x-tab>$325 (CAN)<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>$10 (CAN)
for pre-workshop slide show only<br>
Register early - Space for 35 participants only!<br>
For more information contact Cohousing Ontario<br>
phone: (416) 738-0850 <x-tab> </x-tab>fax: (905)
857-6374<br>
e-mail: dmazeau [at] dcsnet.com<br>
<br>
Register by phone, fax or email. Registration confirmed upon
receipt of this form with payment. <br>
Make cheques payable to Cohousing Ontario and send to: CoHousing
Ontario, 186 Ridgewood Crescent, Bolton, Ontario, L7E 4V6<br>
Name: ________________________________<br>
Date: _______________<br>
Organization: ______________________________________________<br>
Address: __________________________________________________<br>
City: _____________________Prov/State: ______ <br>
Postal/Zip Code___________<br>
Telephone: (H) ____________________ <br>
(W) _____________________<br>
Fax:_________________________ <br>
Email: _______________________<br>
<br>
Cohousing Ontario:<br>
A chapter of the Canadian Cohousing Network<br>
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. </html>
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