Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Community opportunity - Treehouse

[Laura Fitch, A.I.A. (lfitch]

Johnanna,

I am very familiar with Treehouse Community as the developers toured 
Pioneer Valley Cohousing and have committed to work with Mary and myself 
as "community design consultants".  I think it has a fabulous mission 
and I say this with some authority as I am currently caring for two 
foster children in community.  Pioneer Valley has had about 14 foster 
children live in our community in the past eight years - 5 have been 
adopted - 1 foster family now has a fabulous ongoing relationship with 
recovered birth mom.

I know the current possible property in East Hampton - it is quite nice 
with nice views and good proximity to Northampton, Mount Tom, and 
schools.  They intend to develop market rate housing adjacent to the 
Treehouse Community - but wouldn't it be fabulous if this could be a 
second community as cohousing?!  I think it would create more of the 
village that many individual cohousing communities want.

Mary and I would love to meet with folks interested in this community, 
answer questions about living in cohousing, cohousing development, and 
arrange a tour of  Pioneer Valley (Amherst) and Pathways (Northampton). 
I would also be glad to share my stories about foster parenting in 
community to potential Treehouse residents.

Best, Laura Fitch

--
Laura Fitch, A.I.A.
Principal Architect

KRAUS-FITCH ARCHITECTS, INC.
110 Pulpit Hill Rd.
Amherst, MA  01002
413-549-5799
413-549-7918 (fax)

lfitch [at] krausfitch.com


Johanna Halbeisen wrote:

> I have many friends in co-housing communities in my area and am 
> familiar with the structure.  I am becoming involved in another 
> intentional community of sorts.  I am a part of the Treehouse 
> Community starting in Western Massachusetts.  It will be an 
> intergenerational community for foster and adoptive families.  (The 
> web site is http://www.treehousecommunities.org .)  The land we are 
> buying will have about 20 house lots for sale apart from but adjacent 
> to Treehouse.  This would be a marvelous place for a co-housing or 
> similar group that would like to work with or next to our community. I 
> will have more details soon.
>
> I am looking for places to post this information where people wanting 
> to form a community might see it.  Any and all suggestions welcome!
> Johanna Halbeisen
> Northampton, MA
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