Cohousing-L Mailing List: Milwaukee Urban EcoVillage

[Mark Gill (1markanthony]

Greetings,

Several of us have created an urban EcoVillage (Or so we call it) in Milwaukee 
that incorporates many Cohousing concepts and what we believe are EcoVillage 
principles.  These move our small Intentional Community (2 duplexes) towards 
sustainability wherever possible.  An article was written about us (The link: 
http://bayviewcompass.com/ecovillage-dwellers/) and I thought some of you might 
be interested in our hybrid IC.  We share some space, meals, a garden, a car 
(some of us that is) and much more.  We have 10 in our IC and anticipate 
expansion soon as our last tenant is vacating April 1st.  We also have the 
opportunity to purchase a duplex adjacent to our properties to grow our 
community.  We're having some issues figuring out how exactly to do that.  Are 
there other conmmunities that started with a couple of houses and then grew 
into a Cohousing project/EcoVillage?  We'd love to hear their stories.  We 
would also like to find any "like communities (hopefully urban) to learn from.  
And if anyone is interested in contacting us we're on the FIC list as the Bay 
View EcoVillage.

Thanks,
Mark Gill