Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Living in CO? Near Denver and Boulder? READ THIS...

[Craig Ragland (craigragland]

Neil is sharing about a rare chance to visit seven, count-em, SEVEN
Cohousing sites in 1 day.

Not only that, but you'll hear some really interesting stories from the very
knowledgeable Bryan Bowen AND Neil Plancon. Some of what you'll learn about
:

(1) Silver Sage, a young Senior Cohousing community which is exploring what
Senior Cohousing can be in the United States. Silver Sage is located in a
New Urbanist neighborhood in Boulder, which is right across the street from:

(2) Wild Sage, an active Multi-generational community that intensively uses
their common house - this is where your tour guide lives and enjoys his
Cohousing lifestyle.

(3) Nomad Cohousing, a small Cohousing community who's common space is
located within a live event theater.

(4) Harmony Village, a community with a unique architectural theme, who
purchased water rights for a stream passing through the community to support
a thriving organic garden

(5) Nyland, one of the first and largest Cohousing communities. Their large
numbers have encouraged them to create some very effective practices
regarding the management of their abundant common resources.

(6) Hearthstone, with its attractive pedestrian pathways, attractively
finished homes, and grand common house

(7) Washington Village, a future Cohousing community which will embrace a
historic building as it creates some of the most valuable ($$) real estate
to be found in the Cohousing world

In 2006, I traveled from Seattle to take a Colorado bus tour. I learned many
things that I continue to share with my community, Songaia Cohousing as we
grow our community. In fact, just a few days ago, the topic of our kids room
came up and I sent an email to Songaia about Nyland's kids room practices.

I hope you'll consider attending, whether you are in the Denver Area AND/OR
are interested in learning a LOT about some very interesting communities.
You'll find that seeing communities first-hand is a far more effective way
to learn than reading emails or browsing websites.

I suspect that this tour, in particular, will prove very helpful as some of
you create more community in your life, whether that be from finding your
Cohousing home, developing your Cohousing group, or helping your current
Cohousing community thrive.

Craig Ragland
Executive Director
Cohousing Association of the United States (Coho/US)
425-487-3550
http://www.cohousing.org
craig [at] cohousing.org

Please consider attending the National Cohousing Conference. Click here:
http://www.cohousing.org/conference


On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Neil - (Coho/US) <neil [at] 
cohousing.org>wrote:

>
> Greetings readers of, contributors to Coho-l and friends of Cohousing.
>
> I hope those of you in the Boulder/Denver area are paying special
> attention.
>
> A wonderful tour is planned for Saturday October 10 and I do not want
> anyone who wants to come to miss it. Several communities are preparing
> to welcome us and will show us around their communities. You, your
> friends and anyone you know who is curious about Cohousing is invited
> and must come along. We have an outstanding tour guide, Bryan Bowen,
> architect and longtime resident of Wild Sage Cohousing. I will be
> joining him too. We will have lunch at Nyland, one of our host
> communities. You will learn everything you want to know about
> Cohousing, meet residents, get fact sheets and have a great day. Come
> join us! Hesitate no more. (I almost want to add or your money back!)
>
> To learn more and to register, visit our tour information page:
> http://www.cohousing.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=35
>
> Bryan and I are looking forward to meeting you.
>
> Please forward this posting to an unreasonable amount of people!
> Thanks for your support.
>
> Neil Planchon - neil [at] cohousing.org
> Tours Director - Cohousing Association - www.cohousing.org
> Look! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/garden/11cohousing.html
>
> Founding Resident - Swan's Market Cohousing - Oakland CA -
> www.swansway.com
>
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at:
> http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
>
>
>