Cohousing-L Mailing List: Loans or venture capital?

[Tom Hammer (thammer302]

Apologies if this has been discussed before...are
there recognized sources for venture capital that will
support fledgling cohousing communities in their most
vulnerable stages, such as ours, when we may be close
to a point where we have found a site but without the
financial resources to tie up the land?

If there are not, perhaps the Cohousing Association of
the U.S. and other countries could start compiling a
list of potential investors or begin soliciting such
entities.

Ideally, there would be a revolving fund established
that would be continually replenished by loans being
repaid plus interest.  I assume that would be set up
as a nonprofit.

Tom Hammer
Concord Village