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Making It Happen: Senior Cohousing Facilitation Workshop

by Rebecca Disbrow 22 February 2012

Attend this workshop on:  “Making it Happen” in Senior Cohousing Facilitation / Development! In Nevada City, CA  April 16-20, 2012 Advanced Registration and Discount Deadline:  March 15, 2012 Program Flyer:  Click For Link to PDF- WHO SHOULD ATTEND: You might be a builder, developer, an executive of a senior organization, an individual engaged in senior healthcare [...]

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Cohousing Quick Facts Series: Cohousing is Financially Stable and Predictable

by cohousingworks 23 January 2012

If you haven’t gotten a chance to read through the full “Report on Survey of Cohousing Communities 2011″, produced by the Cohousing Association of the United States, I wanted to share some of my favorite facts from it with you.  I’m going to post one of these facts each Monday for the next five weeks, [...]

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Baltimore – City Council Nixes Tax Break Bill for Urban Farmers

by cohousingworks 5 December 2011

Last week Baltimore City Council killed efforts to provide tax breaks to urban farmers – in their words setting a precedent of stopping tax breaks to developers, which can be costly to the city in a number of ways.  But does this also set another precendent, one of limiting government support for urban farming?  Do [...]

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Reduce Costs of Cohousing Construction

by cohousingworks 3 November 2011

Lake/Flato Architects combine modular systems with custom designed “add-ons” such as decks, porches, breezeways, carports and more — all called “porches” — to reduce costs.   The finished product is all LEED certified for energy efficiency.  Using modular systems reduces construction time.  Custom designing the add-ons results in a look that is specific to the [...]

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What Will Happen to the Housing Market as US Population Balloons?

by cohousingworks 18 July 2011

The Census Bureau predicts that the U.S. population will increase from 311 million today to 423 million by 2050, keeping the United States the third-largest nation by population behind India (expected to grow to 1.66 billion) and China (1.3 billion). With more than 110 million more Americans needing housing, how will the population growth impact [...]

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First Cohousing Project in the UK Gets Approval

by cohousingworks 7 July 2011

Some of the grammar sounds a bit funny, but this article announces the approval of a 20 home cohousing community, the first of its kind in the UK.  The £3m project aims to provide low-impact, affordable living (LILAC – Low-impact-living Affordable Community). (It also has the number of US cohousing communities off by about 60!) Mr [...]

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Cohousing Development Presentation

by cohousingworks 2 July 2011

Intro to Cohousing Development – Presentation: http://www.scribd.com/doc/59022770/Intro-to-Cohousing-Development Made by Cohousing Collaborative

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