Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Common meals

[R.N. Johnson (cohoranda]

 Have regularly scheduled common dinners in your community
> increased, decreased or stayed the same?
Our scheduled common meals have increased in the three years we have been in 
residence.

> How many common dinners per week did you start out having?

We started out with six meals a month, one every Sunday and a couple of 
scheduled weeknight meals.  

We now have 2 regularly scheduled meals, one Sunday and one Tuesday.  
Originally the weeknight meals were not as well attended, but Tuesday 
seems to be a good night and having it regularly scheduled, Tuesday is 
as busy as Sunday most days.  

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> 
> Approximately how many residents attend a common dinner?
Most of the community attends most meals.  We usually have around 20 diners, 
with an occasional low of 15 or so, and a high of 27 or so when we have 
guests.  Right now we have 25 people living here, counting renters and 
semi-live in partners.  
Randa Johnson
New Brighton Cohousing
Aptos, CA


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