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

[Robert Heinich (robert]

> > > On Apr 3, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Naoko Inami wrote: Are there any   
> > > cohousings that actively work with their neighborhood to improve   
> > > the larger community?

That has been true here in a limited sense.

Our Common House has been the venue for some off-site groups (i.e
Footpath community meetings which a fledging cohousing development,
Society for Creative Anachronism dances, Eno River Association staff
meetings, a local unitarian neighborhood circle to name a few.)
However, each group/event was sponsored by a Eno Commons member.

We started organizing efforts to staff/sponsor a soup kitchen and
clearing trails on Eno Commons Day (anniversary of first move-in) to
give back to the community at large.  We will probably do a fund
raiser for the Democratic presidential nominee.

As always, individuals take the initiative and neighbors do what they
can.  So long as these off-site group events do not conflict with EC
community-sponsored events, these off-site group events events
sponsored by a EC members may use the Common House.

-Robert Heinich
  Eno Commons Cohousing Neighborhood
  www.enocommons.org
  Durham, NC
  where the recent rain has eased some of the water restrictions we had



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Robert Heinich
Eno Commons Cohousing Neighborhood
www.enocommons.org
Durham, NC