Cohousing-L Mailing List: Time Line Game [was starting up - what to do first?]

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> 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.

My suggestion of looking for land was not to the exclusion of finding new
members and getting to know each other, only that it is a tangible task
around which people can focus their interest. Not everyone will be
interested in "just" getting to know each other -- they want a place to
live. It was also not a suggestion that take an option to buy before you
have a group large enough to warrant that. If the task is to build a
cohousing community, the task will determine how successful you are.

The timeline game sounds wonderful -- not just for building but for already
built communities as well. How one step affects the next is hard for many
people to grasp, but it also would give a group a sense of accomplishment to
have a pile of completed cards.

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

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