Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: commercial ventures as part of cohousing

[Raines Cohen (rc2-coho-L]

On 6/29/03 8:28 AM, Rodney Elin <elin [at] rff.org> wrote:

>Can someone site an example of a cohousing
>development anywhere where there is a commercial entity as a part of the
>common house or any other space? If so could you provide any information on
>how you manage the relationship between the residents and commercial
>tenants?

There was a whole session on this at the conference last week, and 
examples from Cotati and other places. Check in with Ann Zabaldo to order 
a copy -- as an attendee, she should have the green order form. Others, 
stay tuned, we're finalizing ordering info for Coho/US members and the 
public, should have a list posted soon.

You might also want to talk with Josh Simon at EBALDC, www.ebaldc.org -- 
he was project manager or the nonprofit developer of Swan's Market, where 
cohousing was just one element of an extremely mixed-use project, 
incorporating retail, restaurant, affordable rentals, offfice, a museum, 
art galleries, live-work, and historic preservation. With good management 
you can co-exist reasonably well... we've got several restaurants 
downstairs and run into issues mainly when the fish merchant puts out the 
trash under our windows and it doesn't get collected for a day, lately a 
rare occasion.

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 my friend is housesitting, so I've been back a bit.

  Secretary, Berkeley [CA] Cohousing
Where chilled gazpacho common dinner was just the thing for hot days.

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

  Boardmember, Coho/US <http://www.cohousing.org/>
Digging out leftover books, aprons, and shirts from the conference

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