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

[Liz Brown (clzbrown]

Thanks Jesse this is exactly the kind of concrete examples I'm looking for!

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> On 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.
> 
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>> 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
>> 
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