Cohousing-L Mailing List: New senior community / artisan plaza - Calif

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

Marysia Miernowska <marysia.miernowska [at] cohousingco.com>
is the author of the message below.
It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
Note that this is in California and the flyer is not attached.
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Hello Cohousers and those exploring community!

My name is Marysia and I've got exciting news that I was hoping you could
pass on, about a senior cohousing group that will be forming in San Juan
Bautista. As you know, it is quite the grass roots organizing effort getting
future residents together. If you could please forward this email and flyer
(attached) to your friends, family, and community, we would greatly
appreciate your help! Now here¹s the story...

A fellow by the name of Tod has a beautiful site in downtown San Juan
Bautista! Tod, his parents, and his grandparents were all residents of this
historic town nestled in the rolling hills outside of Santa Cruz. Although
his grandparents had lived in town all of their life, they were unable to
age there, since there really were no accommodations for seniors. Tod
started researching healthy senior housing alternatives, and he came across
senior cohousing. Determined to build a senior cohousing community so that
his parents could stay in town and age in place successfully, he came to
Chuck Durrett with a great site.

Chuck Durrett will now be coming to San Juan Bautista to give a presentation
on senior cohousing. This is all part of the early group formation process.
As you know, the organization takes place on a grass roots level, so your
help in getting the word out would be greatly appreciated! Please forward
and/or post this flyer that I have attached, and please do come to our
event!

It will be lots of fun; Chuck will talk about senior cohousing, his
experience (he¹s designed over 30 cohousing communities, and he¹s visited
over 300) and he¹ll show a great slideshow. We¹ll have drinks and
appetizers, and the site will be right there for you to check out!

The presentation will be shown on May 19th, at 5:00 pm, at the Orient
Express restaurant, 35 Washington St, San Juan Bautista. If you would like
more information, feel free to contact me at: (530) 265-9980, or at:
marysia.miernowska [at] cohousingco.com

Another great aspect of this project is that it will be part of an Artisan
Plaza, right in downtown San Juan Bautista. The cohousing community will be
on a lovely plaza with a fountain, by a café, an art gallery, a wine tasting
barn, and a bed & breakfast. The plaza will be behind some live/work lofts
for artists, which will face the street while opening up to the plaza in the
back, providing possibilities to interact with the public and/or to display
work. Perhaps you could pass this info onto some artists friends as well.

Tod hopes that this project will allow a group of seniors to age in place
successfully and sustainably, in the cultural town of San Juan Bautista,
with a high quality of life. His ideas for the Artisan Plaza came from his
fellow citizens, who want San Juan to retain its cultural and historic
character.

We greatly appreciate you helping us spread the word, and we hope to see you
on May 19th!

In community,

Marysia Miernowska

241-B Commercial Street
Nevada City, CA 95959
(p) 530.265.9980
(f) 530.265.4398