Cohousing-L Mailing List: Collaborative Outreach (was Fwd: Another Cohousing Event after successful Oct Cohousing Month)

[Craig Ragland (craigragland]

Hi All,

I doubt if many folks across the country heard about "Cohousing Month"
(Oct-09) in Colorado.

This was a local co-promotion by multiple parties for multiple
Cohousing events, some free and some paid. With its partners, Coho/US
chipped in to fund some local PR and advertising to support all of the
events. They included our October Boulder Bus Tour, two Senior
Cohousing book signings by Chuck Durrett, a booth at the regional
Bioneers conference, and the open meeting described by Jim Leach
(below).

As Coho/US plans (and budgets) for 2010, we're looking at how the
association could be more effective at Outreach. At this moment, we
don't do nearly as much as we could - its not been a priority. In our
recent board strategic planning work, outreach was made a priority.
You'll see and hear more about this from your association over coming
months.

I suspect that one of the most effective ways that Coho/US can
leverage its unique position as THE National Cohousing organization
(and stretch our limited resources) is by partnering with other
organizations, as we did for "Cohousing Month" (in Colorado). As you
think about how your group promotes itself, you might think about how
Coho/US might be able to help. There is not a defined program in place
at this moment, but there may well be before too long.

In community,

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

P.S. just imagine how much easier this would all be if "cohousing" was
a household word!


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jim Leach
Date: Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Subject: Another Cohousing Event after successful Oct Cohousing Month

Dear Friend,

I thought this would be great opportunity to let you know we had a
successful October Cohousing Month.

We had nearly 80 attendees at the Aria Senior Cohousing presentation.
Due to the popularity of the event we added a November 14, 2009 Aria
Cohousing tour and presentation.  If your schedule allows I hope that
you will be able to join us.

Back by Popular Demand  - -  Join us to learn about Aria Denver Senior
and Intergenerational Cohousing Site.

What:

Aria Denver Cohousing
Aria Denver Senior and Intergenerational Cohousing Presentation with
Jim Leach, plus a tour of the Aria Denver Senior Cohousing site with
master developers Urban Ventures and Perry Rose LLC.

When: November 11, 2009, Tours of site at 6:30 pm, Presentation at 7:30 pm
Where: (Marycrest campus) 2851 West 52nd Avenue Denver, CO 80221-7636
Contact/RSVP: Georgette Vigil 303-449-3232 ext 203, Georgette [at] whdc.com
Fee: Free

If you are willing to forward this email to a friend to help spread
the word, I would really appreciate it.

Jim

James W Leach
President
Wonderland Hill Development Company
4676 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80304

Phone: (303) 449-3232
Fax: 303-449-3275
Website: www.whdc.com