Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing in Colorado and zoning approval

[Howard Landman (howard]

> I'm interested in what other groups have done, both to win over grumpy
> neighbors and to gain city approval in the face of some neighborhood
> opposition.

One thing that helped here was to go talk to the neighborhood
association.  It started a good relationship that continues
(they sometimes now meet in our common house).

Another good idea is to present the other alternatives, which
are often far less palatable.  In our case it would have been
a large apartment block.  Most of the people opposed to coho
were even more opposed to the apartments.  This deflected a
considerable amount of opposition, to the extent that the
neighborhood association basically became a supporter.

        Howard Landman
        River Rock Commons, Fort Collins CO
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