Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: [Event] :: Village Building Convergence 2020: 5/29 - 6/7

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Thank you, Neil for posting this link to the Village Building Convergence.

All — I took part in the Participatory Place Design workshop that Neil just 
emailed about.  If you went on the bus tours at the CohoUS national conference 
last year in Portland you will remember many of these characteristics of 
“re-villaging”  or placemaking — the art around the city, the in-fill 
developments for cohousing and other small developments, pushing the envelope 
of zoning and building regulations.  It was excellently presented.  The two 
hour session sponsored by Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC) flew by.

The part that I was interested in was the “guerrilla” marketing Mark Lakeman’s 
cohorts did to get the ball rolling. They just created stuff. And as Mark said: 
 Stared down the opposition.  I think it helps a lot that Portland is a pretty 
liberal municipality.  Still, it does take fortitude.  Maybe we should all work 
on our stares …

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

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they 
know and then stop.
Mark Twain




> On May 20, 2020, at 5:31 PM, Neil Planchon <neil [at] swansway.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am right now listening to Mark Lakeman present his Participatory Place 
> Design for This Century c/o Foundation for Intentional Community. It’s 
> fantastic. He’s fantastic!.
> 
> He mentioned this year’s Village Building Convergence is going virtual! I 
> think many of these conversations and gatherings will interest many of us. 
> Details and registration here: https://villagebuildingconvergence.com
> 
> Take care,
> Neil
> 
> Swan's Market Cohousing :: https://www.swansway.com
> Foundation for Intentional Community :: https://www.ic.org
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