Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing and local neighborhood

[Diane (dianeclaire]

At Cambridge Cohousing, we helped to spark a neighborhood group that ran a
block party last year and hopes to do one every year. At local election time
we have a candidates night where we invite our neighbors to meet the local
candidates.   We also supply meeting space for two nearby condos.   But we
never support a single candidate in any way as we probably could not all
agree on which one to support.

Diane Margolis at Cambridge Cohousing

2008/4/3 Naoko Inami <inami_na [at] hotmail.com>:

>
>
> Hi! My name is Naoko Inami, a graduate student of Osaka University in
> Japan.I have been interested in Cohousing and have been researching it for 4
> years.I am sending this message to ask a question about cohousing,especially
> the relationship between cohousing and neighborhoods(I mean "local area,"
> not the neighbors within a cohousing community).Are there any cohousings
> that actively work with their neighborhood to improve the larger community?
> I heard that some communities, like Songaia Cohousing (Bothell, WA),
> Doyle Street Cohousing (Emeryville, CA),Los Angeles EcoVillage,
> Hearthstone Cohousing (Denver, CO), and Swan's Market Cohousing members
> (Oakland, CA),
> are working together with their neighborhood.
>
> So, I apprecitate if I can know some other communities that provide space
> for political organizing
> or other non-governmental organizations/nonprofits where members are
> involved.
> Thank you very much for your help.Regards,
> Naoko Inami
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Diane Margolis
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Cambridge, MA 02140
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