Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Spring cohousing promotion

[Craig Ragland (craigragland]

Hi Terri (and all other interested folks)

As you say, you really are in the same boat as everyone who want more
exposure for their community.

I'm not the decision-maker about which communities are in the test and am
not comfortable asking for any special treatment for any particular
community.

Craig

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Terri Huggett <terrihug [at] msn.com> wrote:

>
> Craig,
>
> Any chance we can be part of the test since we're trying to get our
> community filled (or fuller) as we get closer to move-in.
>
> I'd say we are in the same boat as everyone else.  Although we've been
> feeling lucky that most of the existing community is hanging in there.
>
> The Common House is being framed right now and it looks fabulous.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Terri
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Ragland [mailto:craigragland [at] gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 8:55 AM
> To: feparadis48 [at] yahoo.com; Cohousing-L
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Spring cohousing promotion
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Francoise Paradis
> <feparadis48 [at] yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> We are finding a lot of interest here in Southern Maine, but a lot of
> hesitancy to buy in at this time.
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> This has been a theme of a number of emails, calls, and general
> conversation
> around Coho/US volunteers and staff.. There appear to be more "looky-loos"
> than ever before.
>
> The most vulnerable are those communities unable to sell built homes.
> Somebody must carry the costs of these unsold homes - and the "somebodies"
> most often include the other community members.
>
> A core function of the association is to help communities that need new
> members and buyers - at all stages of a community's life cycle. Today, our
> main online method is through our Free Directory and paid Classified Ads.
> We'll soon be releasing another vehicle to make some communities VERY
> VISIBLE. This new feature will start out Free while we test it to see
> whether its as good an idea as it seems before launch.
>
> I'll let you know when it launches.
>
> Craig Ragland
> Executive Director
> Cohousing Association of the United States (Coho/US)
> 425-487-3550
> http://www.cohousing.org
> craig [at] cohousing.org
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