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Middlesex Senior Cohousing -- Building the first senior cohousing community in New England!
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Hello!
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers and possibly plenty of pumpkins, if it was October. Driving the roads around Concord on Columbus Day, we saw stubbly cornfields strewn with hundreds of pumpkins in all their orangey glory. Yes, it's October in New England.
We invite you to ponder the plentiful possibilities of pumpkins in your pantry this month. And peruse a snapshot of this newsletter:
- Next Info Session: Saturday, October 20, Maynard Public Library
- We quadruple our membership in just six weeks!
- First site walk scheduled in Maynard
- Many Voices, One Song: We launch dynamic governance
- TED talk by Grace Kim: Cohousing is the antidote to loneliness
- SCH in the News: Cohousing has finally caught the attention of developers in New England (New England Real Estate Journal)
- Calendar of upcoming events
Victoria & Mayhew
MSC founders
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Learn About Senior Cohousing
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Next Info Session
Saturday, October 20, 2018
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Maynard Public Library
77 Nason Street, Maynard
Come learn about senior cohousing, a community approach to independent living! This innovative Danish housing model operates on the understanding that community is the best insurance for having a happy 3rd Act
and
getting the nurturing care we need as we age.
What to Expect
- A slideshow about cohousing & facilitated break-out groups to talk about what it takes to age successfully in place
- Learn about MSC and get updates about our land search and more
- Attendees will be invited to continue the conversation at an upcoming potluck
We're looking for new members!
Find out how joining early gets you seniority in home selection and a discount on your home price!
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Like autumn crocuses, new members keep appearing, and our growth spurt continues apace!
By the end of October, we will have added 2 more new households (4 people) to our group. That brings our total membership to 12 households (20 people) and represents a fourfold increase since early September. Our members hail from Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Lincoln, Framingham, Stow, Townsend and Westford.
Coming in a few weeks to our website: Profiles and photos of our members.
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Matt Blackham, our developer, and our site search team meet weekly by phone. Over the past few weeks, Matt has identified several interesting properties in both Acton and Maynard and is in the process of contacting the owners. We've also met with town officials in both towns to get an overview of land possibilities there. This week, we'll be doing our first site walk on a property in Maynard.
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Eleven of us have now had introductory training in dynamic governance (aka sociocracy) with our new process consultant, Jerry Koch-Gonzales. And Jerry is guiding us in how to implement it in our community. Just this month, we launched our first work teams (known as circles). We're all learning as we go, and it's a little crazy at the moment, but people are clearly engaged and high energy. And we know this system is going to ensure we have the capacity to get our future community built.
For information about Jerry, check out the Sociocracy for All website, or see our September newsletter, archived on our website.
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Cohousing: The Antidote to Loneliness
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Loneliness doesn't always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the people around us -- and it's often the result of the homes we live in. She shares an age-old antidote to isolation: cohousing, a way of living where people choose to share space with their neighbors, get to know them, and look after them. Rethink your home and how you live in it with this eye-opening talk. (Click on the arrow above.)
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Cohousing Catches Attention of Developers
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New England Real Estate Journal
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This recent article by architect Thomas House of Stratham, New Hampshire, shows that cohousing has finally caught the attention of real estate professionals in New England!
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Calendar of Upcoming Events
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Catch up with us at these events:
- Oct. 20 - Info Session, Maynard Public Library, 2 pm - 4:30 pm
- Nov 28 - Info Session, First Parish Concord, 7:00 to 9:30 pm
Come add your voice to the conversation!
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We're looking for 3 to 5 acres of land in Maynard or West Acton, Massachusetts, on which to build a beautiful neighborhood of 20 - 30 cottage-style houses (mostly duplexes or triplexes) with large porches and private back patios. Homes will face onto gardened paths leading to a large common house with a large community kitchen and Great Room for optional community meals and celebrations, guest suites, home office space, woodworking shop, and more.
We're growing our group & looking for members!
If you haven't already, go to our homepage and take the
Survey of Interest
to find out if our future neighborhood might be just what you're looking for.
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