Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: starting up - what to do first?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 5/31/2003 5:05 PM, "timnabby [at] juno.com" <timnabby [at] juno.com> wrote:

> Does it make sense to create mission/vision statements at this point?
> Does it make sense to go to county planning meetings and talk to the planners
> about cohousing when we don't even know what county we're interested in, or
> how long it will be until we have enough serious interest to decide?

I'm sure there will be many other answers but mine is look for land. Looking
for land is a tangible task that makes the whole project real and grounds
you  (so to speak) in the country or the city or where ever. It greatly
influences the interest of many people (location, location, location) and
begins to give your group a sense of what is possible and not possible.

Many groups split when one parcel of land is chosen over another. And where
you find land will determine whether you are able to choose the kind of
development you want. A lot development model in downtown Trenton is not
likely, just as you can't do infill in a corn field.

Although you can't do anything until you have a larger group, finding the
land you want also gives you the energy to work harder to finding that
group.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org

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