Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Any urban co-housing communities with multi-use? (Alan Friedlob)

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Sep 27, 2024, at 10:03 AM, Fiona Frank <fionafrank [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Lancaster Cohousing in the UK owns Halton Mill, which has managed offices
> and studios, a coworking space, and event space.  It runs as a separate
> coop and pays rent to the cohousing project which is set to cover costs
> rather than make a profit. 

A wonderful idea. I’ve been thinking lately about what cohousing could do to 
spread what it has learned about cooperative living to more areas of the 
neighborhoods than just more cohousing communities. More cohousing communities 
is wonderful and the numbers are increasing dramatically. Every day I hear of 
communities that have never heard of that have been moved in for 2-3 years. Not 
that I’m  a cohousing professional who is linked in but I read cohousing L 
everyday and pay attention to cohousing in the news. 

Just a few years ago I attended a neighborhood committee meeting and was 
shocked—shocked!—when a discussion ended and they took a vote! Voting? Fewer 
than 10 people and you vote! Governance, organization, how to share are skills 
and expectations that could be transferred by experienced cohousers.

(I do hope you have a reserve fund to pay for ongoing repair and replacement.)

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org