Cohousing-L Mailing List: Ulster County ( NY ) Coho info mtg 11/6/04

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

ilyse simon <ilysefood [at] yahoo.com>
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It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> 
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Welcome to Ulster County Cohousing's Community Life Gathering, 
Sat. Nov. 6, 5-6 p.m. 

Place: Monkey Joe's Cafe. 478 Broadway, Kingston, NY,across the street from
Eckerd Drugs.

Please come for information about co-housing, meet our group, and have a
great cup of coffee or tea. Children welcome. Bring your friends and
family, and pass it on! 

ULSTER COUNTY COHOUSING FACT SHEET  

Ulster County Cohousing LLC plans to develop a cohousing community
consisting of 30 units, including 24 attached units and 6 single-family
homes plus a common house. We are primarily Ulster County residents,
already strong contributors to the local community and economy. Our
membership is multi generational with a mix of singles, couples, and
families with children. A primary goal of our project is to have the least
amount of impact on both the land and our neighbors. We are making every
effort to use the land well, preserve rural qualities, and create social
benefits for the community.

   The Cohousing Development Model. 

Cohousing provides a pragmatic response to the social, economic and
environmental realities of our times. By creating a village/neighborhood
setting rather than sprawl development, we echo and preserve traditional
rural development patterns. There are currently over 300 cohousing
communities in the United States. See http://www.cohousing.org for more
information on cohousing communities at the Cohousing Association of the
United States website. 

Cohousing communities are designed, planned and managed with a high degree
of resident participation. Our development consultant, an expert on
cohousing, is Jim Leach of Wonderland Hill Development Company 
( http://www.whdc.com ). Wonderland has completed 12 projects and 
another 6 are currently under development.

   Individual Homes and the Common House. 

Each household enjoys a small private self-sufficient home, along with
convenient access to a ?common house? with facilities such as a large
kitchen and dining room. There is usually a playroom for children, guest
rooms, a home office support center, lounge/library, laundry room,
exercise room, and space for arts and crafts. 

   Better land use and less resource consumption. 

The shared common house allows people to live comfortably in well-designed
dwellings of smaller size. A large percentage of the property (over 75%)
will be undeveloped open space. Roadways will be minimized and the
automobile will be marginalized to create a pedestrian environment within
the development. 

   Commitment to environmentally sound development. 

Houses are small, and although density is high, the overall number of
bedrooms will be smaller than a conventional grid subdivision with larger
houses. Buildings will be highly resource and energy efficient. Tight
clustering will permit shared systems and less impact on our site.
Choosing the well-respected Architect, William Maclay, 
( http://www.wmap-aia.com ) reflects our commitment and standard.

Ilyse Simon RD- Membership Committee
ilysefood [at] yahoo.com
Healing, with whole foods.
Call 973-467-1713  or email for more information.