Cohousing
Community |
Location |
Planned or Built? |
Contact |
Site area |
Number of units |
Building
types/units |
Zoning/planning |
Notes |
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Central
Austin Cohousing |
Austin TX |
Planned |
Robert
P. Arjet rarjet@leamlink.emory.edu |
1-1.5
acres |
25-30 |
attached
units (townhouses and flats) |
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Want
high density to increase affordability on urban site |
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Southside
Park Cohousing |
Sacramento CA |
Built |
Liz
Stevenson tamgoddess@home.com |
1.25
acres |
25 units |
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http://members.home.net/southsideparkcohousing |
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Cascadia
Commons |
Portland OR |
Built |
George
Steon cccoho@easystreet.com |
2.87
acres (half is restricted wetlands) |
26 homes |
10
buildings+CH |
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Wasatch
Commons |
Salt Lake City UT |
Built |
Kay
Argyle argyle@mines.utah.edu |
4.5
acres |
26 units |
2-2flats;
5-2 story townhouse duplexes; 1- townhouse triplex; 1-townhouse fourplex; 1-
detached house;1-fourplex w/3 single storey and 1townhouse = 10 total res.
Blgs + CH and workshop |
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Westwood
Cohousing |
Asheville NC |
Built |
Jean
Reese jeanreese@juno.com |
4
acres |
25 units |
7
buildings + CH |
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Solterra |
Durham NC |
partly
built |
Don
Weil dweil20688@aol.com |
7
acres for homesites;13 acres common property |
40 homesites |
individual
homes + CH |
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Common
property includes community garden, children's play ground, paths, parking,
roads, CH |
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Heartwood
Cohousing |
Durango CO |
built,
with 10 more future homesites |
Mac
Thomson ganesh@rmi.net |
361
acres, homes clustered on a few acres |
24
homes, 10 future homesites |
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part
of land is a forest preserve |
60
acres of irrigated pasture land, rest a forest preserve |
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Cornerstone
Cohousing |
North Cambridge MA |
planned |
Mabel
Liang mabel@twomeeps.com |
1.25
acres |
32
units |
4
buildings--1building with 10 apts and 5 attached townhouses; 2 bldgs with 2
townhouses each; 1 bldg with 13 apartments and CH |
Initial
zoning would have allowed over 40 units, got a density bonus as part of
building affordable housing, didn’t incorporate increased density into
already designed project |
Subsurface
transit easement runs underneath linear park (bike path) so were restricted
from buildign any permanent structures over that portion; struggle to keep
that configuratio and provide green space; www.cscoho.org |
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Pleasant Hill
Cohousing |
Pleasant Hill CA |
under
construction |
Sheryl
Faria sheryl.faria@eds.com |
2.2
acres |
32
units |
7
buildings -- 8 flats and 24 townhouses + CH |
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Eno Commons |
Durham NC |
built |
Robert
Heinich rheinich@us.ibm.com |
11.2
acres, homes on 1/3 |
22
homes |
18
buildings + CH |
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Homes
clustered in 1/3 of site; remainder is meadow, woods, garden |
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Pathways
Cohousing |
Northampton MA |
built |
Roger Berman |
40
acres, houses on 6-7 of the acres |
24
units |
6
stand alone; 18 in 9 side by side duplexes |
Zoning
in Northampton is one acre per dwelling. Had to get special permission to
cluster houses, now are limited to the 24 |
Much
of the acreage (about 1/3) is in 3
separate wetlands |
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Cambridge
Cohousing |
Cambridge MA |
Built |
Rowena
rowenahc@cs.com |
1.3
acres |
41
units |
17
flats in a 4 story buiding in center; 11 attached units at east end (6 apts
in 3 story walk up and 5 townhomes); 13 attached units at west end (6 apts in
3 story walkup and 7 townhouses) |
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New View
Cohousing |
Acton MA |
Built |
Jim
Snyder-Grant jimsg at newview.org |
17
acres, homes on 6-7 acres |
24
units |
10
detatched; most others duplexes; one triplex |
Built
as many houses as possible under clustered zoning laws of town to bring
per-house costs down, used density bonus permitting involving both
subsidizing and hosting affordable housing.
Some land left unbuilt due to clustered zoning law |
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Shadowlake
Village |
Blacksburg VA |
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Fred
Mignone@usit.net |
33
acres site, buildings clustered on 5 acres |
33
units |
1-fourplex;9-duplexes;11
single family + CH =22 buildings |
Zoning
dictated at least 50% of site remained in open space |
Went
beyond zoning to preserve mature forest and create housing density that
supports increased social interaction |
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Liberty
Village Cohousing |
Libertytown MD |
partially
built |
Merlin
Porter-Borden merlpb@att.net |
22
acres, homes clustered on 8 acres |
38
units |
17-duplexes;
4-single family |
PUD
now, originally (1991?) got a text ammendment to county zoning regs
specifying cohousing as a use, with clustered housing and 65% green
space. County plan commission hung up
on density, required an R-3 zoning which would have meant approval of 81
homes, redirected to apply as PUD(which they were trying to avoid). |
3
acres of wetland being reforested as per county requirement, 5 acres of
wetland will remain green space, remainder of land for gardening, orchards,
outbuildings, overflow parking. |
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RoseWind
Cohousing |
Port Townsend WA |
built |
Lynn
Nadeau welcome@olympus.net |
9.5
acres, half in commoms |
24
families |
Half
in single family homes |
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www.rosewind.org |
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River Rock
Cohousing |
Fort Collins CO |
built |
my
memory |
3.6
acres |
34
units |
7
buildings, each with 3-6 attached units--townhouses, stacked,one-story |
PUD
as part of brownfill development including 10 s-f lots and a
retail/commercial area. Just south of
55 acre city park and river corridor. |
www.riverrock.org |
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Vilage
Cohousing |
Madison WI |
built |
site
visit, conversation with Sue Lloyd |
.67
acres, 1City block |
18
units |
1
sf home (existing); 1 2-flat (existing); 1-9 unit lbdg (new); 1-4 unit blkdg
(new, incl. CH), I bldg w/ 2 townhouses total 18 Units |
Revelopment
of near west side city block |
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Culver Way Cohousing |
St Louis MO |
Planned |
Carol Braford
braford@aol.com |
1.5+ acres |
45 units |
4 old
commercial buildings retrofit + 2 new buildings |
Site zoned
commercial which includes high density residential. In a redevelopment district. |
web site under
construction at culverwaycohousing.com |
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