Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Median Individual Investment

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

Rob Sandelin <floriferous [at] msn.com>
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In traveling about the country visiting communities, one of the factors
that seemed to really create a sense of community was having a community
center or community building. Community buildings, the commonhouse in
cohousing parlance, create a place to bring people together on community
terms. When you gather in someones private house, there is an overlay of
privateness to the space, while a commons is co-owned both financially and
socially. 

If I could build a community such as been mentioned, I would have a group
co-build the community center first, before any private homes. This way,
you would know the attributes of the common space when you designed and
built your own space. 

Rob Sandelin  
Sharingwood


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