Cohousing-L Mailing List: 2003 Cohousing Conference

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

The CoHousing Company (Katie McCamant?) <coho [at] cohousingco.com>
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It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> 
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Dear Cohousing Professional and Community Members,

As most of you know, the 2003 Cohousing Conference in Boulder is just 5
weeks away. As part of this conference, Jim Leach (of Wonderland Hill
Development Company) and I are presenting a full-day workshop called
"Creating World Class Design and Construction."  Geared toward
professionals, this Friday, June 20 workshop will include slides, plans,
models, a tour of Prospect New Town, AND a world-class gourmet lunch.

The workshop is about value: How to get the most and pay the least.
It is about how to get the most in the context of quality environmental
design.


Topics include

o How to keep it production in the design process
o How to keep it production in the construction phase
o How to keep it perceived as production in the bidding phase and keep
   the value in
o The new look of Production Housing
o Where production begins
o Who has tweaked production and survived
o Why cohousing production needs to be different
o How to sneak groovy stuff into production
o Show us the value
o What cohousers want
o Efforts that make production possible in a custom world
o Efforts that make it worth it
o Will cohousers ever accept the roly-poly regular production beige look ,
    if ever
o How to negotiate bids and when to push it and when to punt
o Who are our allies in producing high value buildings
o How not to trip up production construction.


"Creating World Class Design and Construction" features a personal tour
of Prospect New Town in Longmont, a New Urban neighborhood noted for its
extreme variety of architecture and cutting edge details.

Production Construction
There are few magic bullets.

So often it is thought that there must exist a new building technology that
will make housing cheap (straw bale, sips, or  similar) but for the most
part creating a living environment just takes a lot of small steps and the
evaluation of new possibilities--like modular--that add up to big savings
and high quality. 

The cohousing client is often the discerning client without a lot of cash.
Some think "what ia pain"; we think that the most fun part of the challenge
is to create a $200K cohousing unit that feels better than a $300K unit down
the street. A unit that costs less to maintain and puts more disposable
income in the client¹s pockets. So if your job  (your responsibility as a
professional) is to get cohousers into houses they want and like  -- houses
they can afford -- than you don¹t want to miss this critical workshop.

 Cost for the workshop is $75 in addition to the Conference registration
fee, which starts at $250 for members of Cohousing US (formerly TCN)  who
register by May 9th.  Please go to http://www.cohousing.org for details
and to take advantage of early bird registration. Questions? Please email
Annie at confmgr [at] aol.com. 

Looking forward to seeing you at the Conference 


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