Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Coffee and snacks in the CH

[Lynn Nadeau (welcome]

RoseWind Cohousing, Port Townsend WA, long built community, with a  
common house that gets fairly frequent use for community gatherings  
and various sponsored events.

We had thought the CH would attract drop ins, but it has never  
happened. People come in and out, to fetch mail and other errands, but  
the primary uses still tend to be group oriented, vs individuals or  
random small groups. Several factors may be in play: we all have well- 
equipped comfortable homes, the CH is at least a short walk away.  
Keeping our main room heated to an attractive level all the time would  
be costly. We can heat one of the smaller rooms, but folks seem to  
prefer to be at home.

We tried having a  particular time as a NY Times, Seattle Times,  
newspaper and coffee time, with a volunteer host. But people didn't  
come.
Rather than feeling a failure, I think most of us have simply accepted  
that the CH is a fine resource for meals, meetings, rehearsals,  
sponsored events and personal socials, and just don't expect it to be  
a place to curl up with a book or cup of tea. We chat with each other  
at meals, in our yards, at the playground,  and in the garden.

Lynn Nadeau
www.rosewind.org
where the grass is green and  it is sunny and warm enough to go out in  
just a sweater, and we have a
sunny, spacious house for sale