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

[Fiona Frank (fionafrank]

yep, it's an old building, and yes we have a sink fund and are building it
up from rents.
Up to this year, the staff team were all cohousing members - me and 2
others. We were also founding directors along with 3 others.  We've all 3
retired now and although we still have cohousing members on the board of
directors, the staff team are all external.  Exciting and a bit frightening
when we 'handed over'.   Cohousing directors and Halton Mill directors
worked together on the latest (five yearly)  lease renewal over several
months last year.

On Fri, 27 Sept 2024 at 17:49, Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> > 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
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