Cohousing-L Mailing List: Group Size

[Sharon Villines (sharonvillines]

> - Groups with between 15 and 25 households find the common facilities more
> affordable, enjoy the variety of members. - Groups with more than 25
> households tend to find the common facilities institutionalised, the design
> subdivided and the achievement of consensus harder.

At Takoma Village we have 43 units but only 53 adult members. There are
another 2-3 adults who participate to some extent in the community that many
of think of as members.

Our children are small and do not participate in decision making. We are on
the verge of a hoped for baby-boom but babies take some time to get to the
meeting stage.

I'm curious how this relates in people-numbers to other groups of 15 or 25
households. Since we have so many single adults it is hard to compare
numbers.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
Where we are working out our first budget, using the dishwasher for the
first time, preparing for the ribbon cutting ceremony with various
government officials in attendance, cutting the grass for the first time,
feeling the peace and quiet of having the construction crew not on site, and
figuring out how to store 40 bicycles with a bike room that holds 9.


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