Cohousing-L Mailing List: Marketing strategies + Family size home available

[Ruth Hirsch (heidinys]

Dear All,

Two:  Our neighbor’s kids are grown and her home is ready for your family.  
Four/five bedroom home here at Cantines Island Cohousing in the Beautiful 
Hudson Valley.   We are a wonderful community,  our CommonHouse is happily used 
for all kinds of events,  celebrations. And neighborhood meals twice a week,  
as well as sing-alongs,  and various informal gatherings.  We are 100 miles 
North of NYC,  waterfront,  walkable to the Village of Saugerties Center.  
Come, check us out out:       https://www.cantinesislandcohousing.org/

https://gristmillrealestate.com/home-search/listings/8949847526023334841-2-Cantines-Island-Lane;
2 Cantines Island Lane, Saugerties NY, 12477
gristmillrealestate.com

OK,  Also, re: Outreach aka Marketing:

Everything you list makes. sense.

We have started a new track I want to let you all know about:
we have donated Dinner for Two to a few regional Fundraisers.  
It gets our information out—for free.  
And folks love ‘winning’  this Gift Certificate at the fundraising auctions.   
They get in touch w me [Chair, Outreach]. and eventually get here for a meal,  
walkabout, hang-out—— and often tell others about us.  We have re-started 
Outreach fairly recently after not being active in outreach after we built and 
moved in and got on with life………  I recommend adding Gift Certificates to your 
Communities——  
For communities not-yet-built,  probably you meet for potlucks [?]  and you can 
figure out a way to guest folks for a potluck [ie, they bring nothing,  get 
enjoy a meal w you delightful folks, do a walkaround…..]

hope this is helpful……..
Ruth
Cantines Island 
Saugerties,  Hudson Valley




Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:39:54 -0500
From: Rebecca Selove <rebecca.selove [at] gmail.com>
To: Charla Lowery US OK Tulsa Heartwood Commons via Cohousing-L
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Marketing strategies?

Greetings community advocates,
I am part of the forming Burns Village & Agrohood community in Tennessee. I
am curious as to strategies you all are using/have used to get the word out
about your cohousing community, beyond the COHO and Intentional Communities
websites, and what you think has been effective. These might include public
radio and television ads, getting interviewed on local news and community
interest programs, posting flyers in coffee shops, appearing at local Earth
Day and other community events, paying for advertising in local and
regional publications (print and digital). I know many of you use Facebook
and Instagram ads and YouTube videos and if you do, how effective do you
think have they been for you?

Thanks very much.

Rebecca