Cohousing-L Mailing List: RoseWind Cohousing is "built"

[Lynn Nadeau (welcome]

...
>North American Cohousing Communities [listed as] under construction..RoseWind 
> please do contribute corrections to this list! Thanks.
>Raines

Dear Raines, Thank you for helping to get this corrected. RoseWind should have 
been listed as "built", as we are clearly comparable to many cohousings that 
are in the anniversary directory. As readers of this list know, we are years 
in, with some members who have been on site for ten years. Using that directory 
format, RoseWind basics are:
 
RoseWind Cohousing
Port Townsend, WA
24 units. Town of 8000. 1995.
53 members. 40 adults and 13 children
42 residents on site as of 3-02

Homes
19 completed houses, 2 under construction, 3 still unbuilt. 
Diverse size and style: 780-2800 sq ft. Construction techniques include 
stick-frame, Rastra block, straw bale, and dome. 5 in-law apartments within 
houses. 

Common House
Completed April 2001. 2800 sq. ft. Kitchen, pantry, dining/meeting room with 
lounge area, recreation room, youth room, patios, ADA bathrooms/doors/entry.

On-Site Common Facilities
Four and a half acres of commons in grass and thickets. Community vegetable 
garden, young orchard. Mosaic well-pump house and garden shed. Equipment shed. 
Coming projects are play structures and outdoor patio.

Site
9 acres in town, with pastures and trees in the surrounding neighborhood. About 
half the site is grassy fields, with wild rose thickets and several older 
trees. Most of town is about 5-10 minutes drive, or can be reached walking, 
biking, or by bus. Path network; most homes around a central field. 

Development Approach
Self-developed. Lot owners built homes of their choice.
 
Ownership
Non-profit mutual benefit corporation with Homeowners¹ Association.  Lot 
ownership is fee simple. 

Unique Characteristics
Do-It-Yourself approach. Sense of community has grown while working together on 
site planning, City process, home-building advice, garden and landscape work, 
common house planning and construction, along with  community meals and other 
gatherings. Habitat for Humanity built two of the homes. Lots of creativity has 
enlivened the landscaping and architecture. Very integrated into the 
surrounding sunny Victorian seaport town which has an abundance of art, music, 
boat festivals, and political activism. 

Costs
Land $260,000. Infrastructure $240,000. Common House $280,000. Professional 
consultations besides Common House $2000.

Funding Sources
Equity investment by members.

Professional team
Some consulting during CH planning with architects Kraus, Landis, and Village 
Design.
Various local contractors for infrastructure, homes and CH. 
Otherwise, none.

YF: 1988  LC: 1989
First MI: 1992
Final MI: 2002-03

Contact
Lynn Nadeau
360-385-7749
welcome [at] olympus.net
www.rosewind.org
_______________________________________________
Cohousing-L mailing list
Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org  Unsubscribe  and other info:
http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l