Cohousing-L Mailing List: Senior cohousing / Fardknappen [ was: Conference report wanted

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

I decided to reply and quote most of Christine's message with a subject
line to reflect that topic.  

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Christine Johnson wrote:
> 
> Sure wish my husband and I could have made  
> it [to the conference].  In particular, we are 
> interested in "senior co-housing."  If anyone on list attended that 
> workshop and would care to report, we'd be most interested in an 
> account, your impressions, info. on developments towards the ground 
> work on a forming group.
> 
> Christine Johnson
> Bastrop, Texas

I hope someone posts a report on the Senior workshop - will there be such
reports of all workshops on the website in time? 

I visited one Senior cohousing community in Denmark and one in Stockholm
and I think Jan Forbes studied senior cohousing extensively on her trip to
Denmark.  Jan, you around? 

I guess the main decision is whether you want exclusively senior
cohousing and what age that means.  Personally I prefer a mix of all ages
but I know some people have different preferences and both (and
variations) are possible and acceptable in my opinion (some people think
all cohousing has to be like their image of it - this is an ongoing
discussion theme here. )

 --- Fardknappen ---

The cohousing community Fardknappen in central Stockholm is unusual in
that it is specifically for people over 40 years old who dont have
dependents living with them. More about it:
http://csf.colorado.edu/mail/cohousing/2000/msg00784.html

Fred

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