Cohousing-L Mailing List: Great News!

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Hello all --

Every once in a while something in my email in-box attains the status of 
"REALLY great truly exciting events happening now."

Yesterday, I received an email from Liz Walker, co-founder of the Eco Village 
at Ithaca and co-developer of its three cohousing neighborhoods that make up 
the community.  

The Eco Village's Center for Sustainability Education and the Tompkins County 
Planning Board have been awarded a $375K grant "to fund innovative ... 
approaches to creating dense neighborhoods that enhance resident's quality of 
life while using fewer resources."

This is, like, HUGE.

Under Liz's guidance the Eco Village is demonstrating how the three pillars of 
sustainability work together to create an integrated system of sustainability:  
environmental, economic and social sustainability.  Now, w/ this grant, there 
will be three levels of development models for professionals to study as living 
demonstrations of sustainability: hamlet, urban in-fill and village.

You can read more about the grant and download the EPA press release at The 
Cohousing Blog:  http://www.cohousingblog.com

Honoring the publication of her new book, Choosing a Sustainable Future, Mid 
Atlantic Cohousing is sponsoring a book tour for Liz in the Mid-Atlantic region 
in May.  Various cohousing communities in the region will be hosting Liz for 
presentations, discussions and book signing events.  A list will be posted to 
the MAC website as the dates and venues are confirmed:  
http://www.MidAtlanticCohousing.org   

Liz is one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming national conference in June 
in DC.  Very, very cool.  Very timely.

Congrats to Liz, The Eco Village and the Tompkins County Planning Board.  I'm 
looking forward to seeing the results of this grant manifested in mainstream 
communities throughout the US and beyond!  And, congrats to cohousers 
everywhere!

Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church VA
703 663 3911