Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: article about senior cohousing

[Muriel Kranowski (murielk]

Interesting -- I read this article in print in my local newspaper, and from
that, it didn't sound as though the developers planned to live in the
community or that community members were doing the planning -- I thought it
was totally developer-driven. Hence my qualifier. I looked up the online
link to send to Cohousing-L but I didn't read the online version. So
there's more to the story than the (presumably edited for space) version
that I was reacting to.

On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 10:25 AM Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote:

> Muriel —
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> This sounds like a perfectly lovely cohousing community being organized
> from the ground up by the future residents.  They will share chores, at
> least 1 meal per week, democratically organized, designing the community
> themselves (w/ the architect!)
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> What part of the article raised flags for you?
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> Of course, I always recommend groups align themselves with a cohousing
> professional.  The article seems to show that the group is working on its
> own.  But maybe the writer just didn’t cover that one issue.   Development
> is complex, expensive and one boo-boo can cause a cascade of issues from
> which you may not recover.  Buy some insurance from the start — work w/ a
> coho pro.
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> Thanks for alerting me to this group, Muriel!
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> Best —
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> Ann Zabaldo
> Takoma Village Cohousing
> Washington, DC
> Ex. Dir. & Mbr. Board of Directors
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> > On Mar 3, 2022, at 10:09 AM, Muriel Kranowski <murielk [at] vt.edu> wrote:
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> > Someone is planning a small project in Lakeland, FL that they are calling
> > cohousing -- it looks like a different variety of cohousing, maybe to the
> > point where it really isn't cohousing. The target audience is half senior
> > citizens and half people with disabilities, only 12 units. The
> developer's
> > goal is to combat loneliness in these two groups.
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> > There's an article about it in the Tampa Bay TImes:
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> https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/2021/11/26/to-fight-loneliness-tampa-bay-seniors-to-give-cohousing-a-try/
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> > The article calls cohousing a radical housing model. Hmm. I wonder what
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> > developer told the reporter.
> >   Muriel @ Shadowlake Village in Blacksburg
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