Auburn Cohousing Update, DC Presentation, Upcoming Classes, & Other Important Updates
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The Benefits of High-Functioning Neighborhood
Model Project: Auburn Cohousing
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Living in a real high-functioning neighborhood invokes a sense of belonging, a sense of accountability, and a sense of ownership—"this is my neighborhood and I will help by reacting to concerns, everything from litter to projects that can be done with others."
County officials reaching out to an aspiring cohousing effort is new to America, but very common in Denmark. It seems obvious that the county could play a significant role in positive neighborhood-making and they can.
With that said, it is our honor that Placer County reached out to us, The Cohousing Company, and decided to include a cohousing community project in the masterplan of Placer County Government Center Dewitt site.
While too many children, families, and seniors are cast adrift in the conventional auto-oriented housing solutions, cohousing communities provide opportunities for people to connect with each other, care fore each other, and together live a healthier and more sustainable lives.
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In working with The Cohousing Company, a group of seniors, families and individuals began organizing in late 2021 to actively participate in the creation of a cohousing development on the County’s 4.6-acre site within the 200-acre Placer County Government Center planned community.
Since the creation of the Group, members have met 2-4 times per week, typically at the downtown Auburn Chamber of Commerce office, to focus on critical topics and needs to develop a successful cohousing development. The most critical topic has been raising funds for the Group by recruiting new group equity member, development investors, and others who have contributed time and funds to overall efforts.
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The group is now moving forward with great momentum, and we are more than excited to see this project gaining the traction it deserves.
If you are or know anyone who lives in or near Placer County, CA, please let them know about this lovely new forming cohousing community. They are looking for people who might be interested in joining their adventure of creating a high-functioning neighborhood.
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If you would like to know more about the project, the group is hosting a FREE Introductory Presentation about cohousing on October 20th @ 6:30 PM
at Unity Church of Auburn, 1212 High St., Auburn.
Email information@auburncohousing.com to sign up or visit auburncohousing.com for more information
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Other Updates in Cohousing: Table of Contents
October 2022
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- Community... Don't You Miss It? Public Presentation in Washington D.C.
- AARP Virtual Spotlight – Cohousing Creates Community Recording
- Antioch Continuing Education: How to Address Homelessness in Your Town
- A Solution to Homelessness in Spokane Presentation, November 3rd, 2022
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Community... Don't You Miss It?
Public Presentation for New Cohousing Community in Mid-Atlantic Area
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FREE Public Presentation
About Intergenerational, Senior, Affordable, & Sustainable Cohousing Communities
Register at: tinyurl.com/cohodctalk
Come join Charles Durrett at Takoma Village Cohousing speak on the issues of cohousing that pertain to affordability, sustainability and the benefits of intergenerational living.
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AARP Virtual Spotlight – Cohousing Creates Community
Recording of the event discussing cohousing movement
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The recording of AARP’s next Equity by Design – Principles in Action spotlight is now available to watch!
The series presents case studies of global innovations that redress historic inequities in housing and community models and advance enabling design.
Read the case study on how cohousing creates communities and join us in discussion with Casey Bastiaans of People of Color Sustainable Housing Network in the Bay Area, Charles Durrett of the Cohousing Company in Nevada City, CA and Stig Hessellund of Realdania in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Read the Case Study here: https://bit.ly/3TT76Xf
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Antioch Continuing Education 4-Part Online Program:
How to Address Homelessness in Your Town
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October 25, November 1, 8, & 15, 2022
In this 4-week course, you’ll learn from the leading architect and builder of cohousing communities globally. Durrett will impart his decades of experience so that you understand the dynamics of addressing homelessness in your community. This course is for legislators, municipal employees, architects, planners, designers, urban volunteers, and all good citizens.
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/antiochhomeless
Required reading for the class:
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A Solution To Homelessness in Your Town
"Charles Durrett has turned an idea on its side to provide an out-of-the-box solution to truly solve homelessness. Durrett applies a community approach that rebuilds lives and community while offering practical sheltering solutions, rather than simply providing industrial-type low-income housing.”
Pamela Biery, writer, advocate, pamelab.com
Purchase a copy from oroeditions.com
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A Solution to Homelessness in Spokane Presentation
November 3rd, Robinson Teaching Theater, Whitworth University
| New Hope Resource Center and Whitworth University are partnering to host this event, and we invite you to join us to learn, discuss, imagine, and begin implementing solutions to the homeless crisis North of Spokane. Let’s spread the word of caring and sharing with others - we all need hope and more possibilities for housing, especially affordable and supportive housing. | |
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Location
Robinson Teaching Theater,
Weyerhaeuser Hall, Whitworth University
300 W Hawthorne Rd, Spokane, WA
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Date and Time
Thursday, November 3rd, 2022
7:00 PM
Presentation will be recorded.
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If you know anyone in Spokane, please let them know about this wonderful event.
For more information, contact: New Hope Housing & Homelessness Task Force, email newhoperesourcehhtf@gmail.com
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Books have played a major role from the beginning in terms of getting cohousing to this country and built in your town, starting with our first book Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves (The European Story). Bookstores normally play a key role in culture change in general, and cohousing is no exception.
Many groups have contacted the publisher (New Society Press) directly to get bulk discounts, and I find that successful projects get started when lots of folks do their homework. I usually need to give a dozen copies of Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities and/or Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Independent Living away to planners, banks, neighbors, mayors, new residents, local architects, builders, and so on—to give them context. It saves the group thousands and thousands of hours, dollars, and delays. Cohousing is more than a sound bite; it is cultural pivot, and it takes folks doing some fun research first. Seattle and the surrounding areas have about a dozen cohousing communities largely because the bookstores in town have sold more than 1,000 copies of Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities and the San Francisco area has over 20 cohousing communities because the book have sold more than 2,000 copies.
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