Cohousing-L Mailing List: Infill, Urban or Otherwise and Cooperative Neighborhoods

[Michael Malone (MikeJoTodd]

Monterey Cohousing Community, in St Louis Park Minnesota could be 
considered urban infill by some of the standards suggested - it is a 20 
minute bus ride from downtown Minneapolis in a first-ring suburb that's 
been fully built up since the 1940's. We renovated a "mansion"-like 
building on a 2.5 acre site and built 7 new townhouses. We have 
apartment buildings and and a townhouse development on all sides of us. 
But it doesn't feel like "infill" to me, as we also have green space, a 
park and 3 lakes within walking distance. Depends on what you mean by 
"urban", I think. Nomad had to be much more creative in the use of the 
tiny acreage it has, and the result is a surprising, wonderful oasis in 
a sea of single-family suburbia and mini-shopping centers.