Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Interest in Rhode Island?

[Raines Cohen (rc2-coho-L]

On 6/1/03 6:21 PM, Shirley DiMatteo and Mel Shelly 
<shelly-dimatteo [at] cox.net> wrote:

>Is anyone interested in the Providence, RI area?

We don't have any communities listed on our communities list there, but 
that doesn't mean there's no interest! Providence does have a number of 
elements in common with other areas that have successfully formed 
cohousing communities, including a large student population, 
available/reclaimable land, people from elsewhere wanting to live there, 
liberal political outlook (not a requirement, just one factor I've 
noticed), and the like.

Our current database has less than a dozen folks in Rhode Island proper; 
Shirley and Mel, you're our only current members in Providence itself. 
But all that really tells us is that we haven't done any 
recruitment/promotion there. If you want to hold some exploratory 
meetings and get the word out, I bet you can find lots of people and 
Coho/US can help see if the critical mass and opportunity is there.

Raines

Raines Cohen <my initials,2,dash,coho,dash,L at my first name .com>

  Member, Swan's Market Coho [Oakland, CA] <http://www.swansway.com/>
Where Thursday's dinner was accompanied by live Mariachi music from an 
"Afordable Housing Week" reception in the courtyard. http://www.ebho.org/

  Secretary, Berkeley [CA] Cohousing
Where the safety & security committee finally met and made plans.

  Facilitator, East Bay Cohousing [on hiatus] <http://www.ebcoho.org/>

  Boardmember, Coho/US <http://www.cohousing.org/>
The Cohousing Association of the United States, serving on the 
Communications and Membership teams.

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