Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Reaction to Adawehi webinar

[Karen Carlson (kcarlson2]

Surprised that's it's legal to restrict age in housing.  I doubt this could 
happen in Madison if the cohousing community made this publicly known.
Karen Carlson
Arboretum Cohousing
Madison, Wi
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Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Reaction to Adawehi webinar

Yes, it was very disappointing, especially since they're advertising this
weeklong tour of NC ecovillages. Nowhere in the ad did I see anything about
seniors not being welcome there. What's sad is that most of the attendees
in the webinar seemed to be seniors, or above 55. So they'll gladly take a
nice fee for the tour, but they won't tell you you're not welcome there. I
guess they find out when they get there. What a disappointment that must
be. Thanks, I thought I was going crazy. The founders never responded to
me. Glad I found out though because I was about to drag my husband there.
We've been looking into cohousing for years and he's currently working on a
teak plantation in Panama. 67 years old.







On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 6:21 PM Mabel Liang <mabel [at] twomeeps.com> wrote:

> Hi Jill,
>
> Until I saw your message, I was unfamiliar with Adawehi.  Is this the
> place?
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.adawehi.com/adawehi-wellness-village/__;!!Mak6IKo!LDSJfzNXqQGfU5loOdTuzPWTo9J9mk8CyxOGzfKjGxtD0DJ_ituX54upPxGY6EOyGd4mBkmJ-G0yVtPD7oomnAleNg$
>
> It's interesting, on their website
>
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.adawehi.com/adawehi-wellness-village/living-at-adawehi/*toggle-id-12__;Iw!!Mak6IKo!LDSJfzNXqQGfU5loOdTuzPWTo9J9mk8CyxOGzfKjGxtD0DJ_ituX54upPxGY6EOyGd4mBkmJ-G0yVtPD7opKhLvFug$
>
> it says:
> What is the average age of residents?
>
> "Adawehi Community is 25 years old, and our founding residents have
> obviously aged through this time. Residents range in age from 4 to 85, with
> close to half of our members being 60+. Every generation is represented and
> respected at Adawehi, and we all learn and benefit from interacting
> together. We are open to all ages and family groupings from 0 to 60, all
> cultural ethnicities and religions, and all gender identities."
>
> My first reaction was to think that "Residents range in age from 4 to 85,
> with close to half of our members being 60+." meant that a cutoff of 60 was
> _not_ in place.  But further reading shows the buried message of "from 0 to
> 60".
>
> Sounds disappointing!
>
> -- Mabel :-|
> mabel [at] twomeeps.com
> Mabel Liang
> Cornerstone Village Cohousing
> Cambridge, MA
>
> Software Engineer turned Gardener
>
> On 2026-02-20 20:58, /US/VA/22031 via Cohousing-L wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> When I tuned in yesterday, the founder told us that the cutoff age is 60.
> I didn't even realize there was a cutoff age. The funny thing is that I saw
> several attendees who were obviously seniors and had an interest in
> learning more.
>
> <snip>
> June Siegel-Hill
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