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

[mira Danyel brisk (mirabepeace]

Wow, Great question.  I've wondered what impact Cohousing communities can
and tend to have on their surrounding neighborhoods and cities / towns.
I'm sure it varies widely, but certainly in areas where there are
communities... more of them tend to follow. That in itself is a positive
impact.

Would love to hear more stories!  Thanks Liz for asking and Jessie for
sharing so far.  (Enjoy your work day!)

Mira Danyel Brisk
Charlotte Cohousing / Coho/US Associate



On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Jessie Kome <jehako [at] me.com> wrote:

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