Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Evolution of Cohousing Communities?

[Berrins (Berrins]

In a message dated 9/5/2000 5:01:01 PM, juturna [at] ix.netcom.com writes:

<< Can any longtime cohousers and cohousing researchers comment on whether
the amount of community activity stays about the same in a cohousing
community or lessens over time?

This question is prompted by my family's (myself, husband, and 4 year
old son) visit over Labor Day weekend to one of the older cohousing
communities.  >>

Pathways (24 households) has only been settled for 3 to 6 months (depending 
on when each house moved in), so I can't speak to long term activity levels.  
However, I can tell you that it was really quiet here over Labor Day weekend. 
 Many people were out of town, getting in a last camping trip, at the beach, 
or visiting friends.  And a lot of the "co-activity" is spur-of-the-moment 
games nights or pot lucks between just a few houses.  Maybe you just hit a 
slow weekend.  Did you ask anybody who lives there if that level of activity 
was normal?

    -Roger
    Pathways
    Northampton, MA

    Where they are finally beginning to finish the site work and Common 
House- should be done in about 3-4 weeks!