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

[Elaina Snyder (elaina624]

please have me removed from this list, in the 2 days i
was away i received like 20 messages...please make
sure no-one else contacts me
--- Catya Belfer-Shevett <catya [at] homeport.org> wrote:
> 
> > We've started a cohousing group in NJ, (our second
> meeting is
> > tomorrow) and I'm trying to figure out what we
> should be doing
> > now, and what we should be waiting to do until
> after we reach
> > some sort of critical mass, so I thought I'd ask
> how each of your started.
> 
> Yay Abby!
> 
> > 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?
> 
> We started with creating our vision statement, and
> then deciding how we were
> going to make decisions, and then picking a name. 
> We weren't ready to look
> for land for a little while, but with the right
> group ($$ and commitment)
> you could certainly start earlier.
> 
> In terms of land search, I think the most important
> thing is first to
> establish a rough search area, then to go look at
> zoning codes and figure
> out which towns in that area are going to let you do
> clustered development.
> You could certainly talk to town/county planners,
> but that's a tricky
> political road as well.
> 
> Best of luck with it and keep in touch,
> 
>       - catya
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