Cohousing-L Mailing List: Best ways to seek collaborators? (Tiffany Lee Brown)

[Thomas Lofft (tlofft]

Tiffany Lee Brown from Oregon wrote:   What would you experienced co-housers 
recommend as a way to connect with people who might be interested in starting a 
community?

Thanks...

Tiffany
In Oregon Hi, Tiffany and all wannabes - start-up cohousers: I recommend that 
any small group in particular, especially those who are thinking of breaking 
new ground as pioneers, or who may have made a best effort and folded their 
program,  to consider moving en masse to an established community which may 
still have multiple lots, condos, or home building opportunities still 
available.  Many experienced builders over the past years combined the 
companies rather than risking trying to restart in an uncertain economy. Why 
start over on a four to ten year risk loaded enterprise when an energetic 
community is waiting to embrace you all only a few hours airline flight away.  
E.g., Liberty Village, MD, has 18 homes completed and ten platted lots 
immediately available to start construction. We are working vigorously to 
determine what makes new housing even more affordable more quickly: Smaller 
Houses? Lower Quality? Different Technology? Dropping geothermal ground source 
heating systems and focusing on smaller and tighter homes with photovoltaic 
instead? We believe we are open to all creative thinking. As we complete the 
next ten new homes, we will have ample land and zoning available to build 
another ten later to bring us to our approved community size of 38 total new 
homes. Liberty Village has already moved in at least three households relocated 
here from California and all appear to be well assimilated as settlers even if 
they missed the opportunity to join us as pioneering burning souls 15 years 
ago. One retired to move here; another kept her CA job and works here remotely 
with ample time to walk her dog every day instead of driving to an office;  
another negotiated  job reassignment to her company's MD office and left 
cohousing in CA to leapfrog to MD.  There are 28 households here including 
renters now sharing the existing 18 homes, enjoying community meals every week 
in a charming, delightful, photovoltaic energized Common House. More residents 
may mean even more common meals as well as less work for everyone.  Please 
check us out and bring your family, and your entire start-up group. Why start 
over on a four to ten year risk loaded enterprise when an energetic, 
experienced community is waiting to embrace you all only a few hours airline 
flight away.  Cheers and best cohousing wishes, Tom LofftLiberty Village, MD 
Http://www.LibertyVillage.Com Please check out all our neighboring cohousing 
communities:Http://www.MidAtlanticCohousing.org