Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Sr Cohousing Hits Mainstream Investing: Motley Fool

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Fred and all —

I emailed the writer, Kevin Vandenboss, about his article on investing in Sr. 
Cohousing.  I invited him to have a conversation about developing cohousing. I 
cc’d Wendy Wiesner, ED of the Partnership for Affordable Cohousing (PFAC) as 
this organization is involved w/ financing cohousing communities.  

Fingers x’d Mr. Vandenboss writes back.

Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Member, Board of Directors
Mid Atlantic Cohousing
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church, VA
202.546.4654

I was going to make a joke about sodium and hydrogen, but NaH..


> On Mar 20, 2020, at 9:35 AM, Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
> I checked out the author of the Motley Fool article a bit
> and wrote to the one cohousing community in Lansing, MI where the author
> is located (one mile from his office!) (see copy of my messages below)
> 
> Note that Ann Arbor with 3 active cohousing communities is only 65
> miles away.
> 
> Fred
> 
> --
> Fred H. Olson  Minneapolis,MN 55411  USA        (near north Mpls)
>     Email:        fholson at cohousing.org      612-588-9532
> My Link Pg: http://fholson.cohousing.org
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:27:36
> From: Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
> To: ggcohousing [at] gmail.com
> Subject: Cohousing in Lansing / "Investment" article
> 
> Hello.
> 
> Fred Olson manager of the Cohousing-L email discussion here. Genesee
> Gardens Cohousing (GCC) in Lansing, Michigan came to mind today because of
> your location in Lansing.
> 
> Cohousing-L had a discussion yesterday about
> "Sr Cohousing Hits Mainstream Investing: Motley Fool"
> http://lists.cohousing.org/archives/cohousing-l/msg44878.html
> written by Kevin Vandenboss of
> commercial real estate broker and president of Vandenboss Commercial.
> 120 N Washington Square Suite 303, Lansing, MI 48933
> 
> His portrayal of cohousing is sort of correct and sort of wrong...
> Have you heard of him?
> 
> The consensus in the Cohousing-L discussion is that someone needs to
> talk to him and set him straight - particularly on the aspect of
> cohousing communities being self determinant - not an investment
> opportunity in building something to which people are later recruited.
> Otherwise many of us feel the use of the term cohousing is deceptive.
> 
> How is GCC doing? I see your directory entry has not been updated
> since 2016 and has no website listed. I have been a big advocate of
> Retrofit Cohousing.  Hope you are doing well.
> 
> Fred
> 
> --
> Fred H. Olson  Minneapolis,MN 55411  USA        (near north Mpls)
>     Email:        fholson at cohousing.org      612-588-9532
> My Link Pg: http://fholson.cohousing.org
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