Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Developer-driven communities

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Feb 21, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Katie Henry wrote:

> If I'm not mistaken, Don's first cohousing project, Takoma Village,
> wouldn't be considered truly developer-driven because an existing
> group (Ann Zabaldo et al) was recruiting him to do a cohousing project
> when he found the site. But I believe this was also a case of the main
> group being built around the site, instead of the other way around.

I'm not sure that is true. Ann is on the list but she is very busy now  
and may not be reading.

Don had the site and approached Ann about whether it would work as  
cohousing. She held the first meeting after she met him and he hired  
her to do marketing and form the community. She had been working with  
Liberty Village.

Don's idea was that half the site would be regular townhouses and the  
rest cohousing. Ann got so many people interested, the whole thing  
became cohousing.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org