Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Coho impact on neighborhood ?

[Jessie Kome (jehako]

Hi-

Here at Eastern Village Cohousing, some of our original members founded the 
neighborhood association for the South Silver Spring area. Once founded, they 
recruited representatives from the surrounding buildings and advocated for more 
services and gave us a voice with the County. Over the years, EVC has hosted 
lots of events with local officials and candidates and invited folks from the 
greater neighborhood. We have also been a strong voice for getting a better 
polling place.

When we moved in in 2004, there was prostitution in the hotel down the block 
from us and we pressured the county and the hotel to act. We have participated 
in getting school bus stops nearer to us, and gave the neighborhood a voice in 
the county's school assignment area decisions. 

We are seeing indirect effects as well. Some of the apartment buildings 
constructed since we moved in decided to add roof decks and even some green 
roof space like we have. And one of the new buildings down the block is 
advertising its courtyard as a place to meet your neighbors. 

-Jessie Handforth Kome
Eastern Village Cohousing
Silver Spring, Maryland
Where we are doing the spring work day thing.

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> On Apr 10, 2016, at 9:34 AM, Liz Brown <clzbrown [at] rochester.rr.com> wrote:
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> Does anyone have research or stories on how cohousers help improve their 
> neighborhoods, especially urban?
> Liz Brown
> Flower City
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