Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: coho workshop at Build Boston

[Raines Cohen (raines-coho-L]

Diane Simpson <dsimpson [at] jpcohousing.org> wrote on 10/24/01 9:16 AM:

>P.S.  I hope you will attend the workshop I have organized, (#A-60)
>"Building Cohousing: A Nuts and Bolts Approach" at Build Boston on Tuesday
>November 13 at 4 p.m. at the World Trade Center.  I am sending out
>postcards to the entire Boston Society of Architects mailing list, The Blue
>Book list of Builders & Contractors; I ran an ad in "Multifamily Trends,"
>and will be running another ad in "Banker & Tradesman."  I hope to have a
>wide cross section of architects, builders, developers and cohousers at
>this event.

I'm registered for that session and the exhibits and I'll be in town that 
week (I'm also signed up for another conference feature: a tour of the 
"big dig" construction project). For those who haven't seen it, here's 
the impressive line-up/write-up from the conference website:

>BUILDING COHOUSING: A NUTS-AND-BOLTS APPROACH
>11/13/01 (4:00 PM to 5:30 PM)    HSW
>
>Cohousing communities are small housing complexes designed, built, and 
>governed cooperatively by the residents in order to foster social 
>interaction and mutual support. Ever since McCamant and Durrett published 
>Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves, the cohousing 
>movement in this country has been off and running. At this point in North 
>America there are 52 cohousing communities completed, 19 under 
>construction and at least 130 in the planning stages. Explore what these 
>communities are like, the pitfalls and problems of working with a group, 
>and the architectural peculiarities specific to cohousing. 
>
>John Abrams
>President, South Mountain Company
>
>Nick Elton
>Elton Hampton Architects
>
>Laura Fitch
>Kraus-Fitch Architects
>
>Bruce Hampton, AIA
>Elton Hampton Architects
>
>Chris ScottHanson
>President, Cohousing Resources
>
>Stella Tarnay
>Executive Director, Boston Cohousing Network; Editor, Cohousing Journal

If anyone else would like to meet with me while I'm in the Boston area 
that week to talk about coho, let me know. Perhaps we can organize a 
cohousers dinner after the session at the No Name restaurant near 
Boston's WTC?

Raines
(in DC the Thurs-Sat prior, staying at Takoma Village; briefly in 
Baltimore)

Raines Cohen <coho-L [at] raines.com> <http://www.swansway.com/>
Keeping busy consulting

  Vice President, Swan's Market Cohousing [Old Oakland, CA]
Where our first organized workday got a lot done... including in the days 
before and after.

  Member, East Bay Cohousing [no site yet] <http://www.ebcoho.org/>
Recruiting at West Berkeley Market's "Spirit Day" Sunday.

  Boardmember, The Cohousing Network <http://www.cohousing.org/>
Looking forward to the next issue of the Coho Journal, out shortly.


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