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Cohousing-L threads of note

"Disillusioned with cohousing" June 2006 - Search archives for
 "*llusioned" without quotes in Cohousing-L archives

Car sharing:
Lancaster car/transportation sharing
Lancaster car/transportation sharing- summary

See also Very rough scratch pad file about noteworthy posts

Other Cohousing Resources (elsewhere)

 

Policy database at cohousing.org
Partnerships for Affordable Cohousing (PFAC)

Files / documents mentioned in Cohousing-L messages

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Stories about life in cohousing (based on list messages)

1999 trip Denmark trip by 8 cohousing-L folks ("DK99")
David Entin's description of 2014 trip to cohousing in Denmark and Sweden


The following are in more or less reverse chronological order:

2022 CoHousing Houston site plan with EVSE EVSE is electric vehicle supply equipment
2022 Nevada City Cohousing EVSE planning
2022 Load balancing for EV Charging
2017 Cohousing Budgeting/condo fees Philip Dowds 2017 / Nashville conference
2016+ Diversity in cohousing
2016 Gainesville introductory Powerpoint slide show 17 MByte, .pptx (About 2/3 general cohousing intro)
2016 Common Meals Survey 2016 (PDF)
2016 Common Meals Survey 2016 (spreadsheet)
2015 2015 Cohousing Conference NC   Map of attendees
2015 Radio show about cohousing and Monterey (MN) Cohousing
2014 Lessons from a Austin Cohousing that disbanded
Four documents (pdfs 50-170 K bytes each) by Diana Leafe Christian Sept 2014:  .
2014 Three Aspects of a Healthy, Thriving Community
2014 The 19 Steps: How People Typically Start a Community
2014 How the "N Street Consensus Method" helps N Street Cohousing Thrive
2014 Overview: Sociocracy
2013 Ma'ikwe Schaub Ludwig's talk on ecological sustainability as practiced at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
  Right click or option-click the following link and choose "Save As..." to download the video as
  .mp4 for viewing offline viewing: Ma'ikwe download (RIGHT CLICK)
2013 article by Joanie Connors, Ph.D. GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNICATION . Also useful:
2013 Constructive Communication Handout
2013 Oak Creek Commons Decision Making Process
2013 Jamaica Plain Cohousing, Boston Massachusetts Decision Making
2011 Consensus Process from Manzanita Village
2011 Cohousing amendment to Land Use Code Frederick, MD ordinances 10/31/11
2009 Margane Meyer's Small House posts and links
2006 Pet Policy, Trillium Hollow 2/25/06 (in list message)
2006 10/2/06 WSJ Senior Cohousing Article
2006 11/17/06 Elder Grace Mission and 'Would you fit' Questionaire
2005 Architectural Design Review Manual from Laura Fitch
2005 Comparative chart of common house square footages in cohousing communities ch-chart.htm
2005 Publications on Cohousing coho-lib.htm
2005 Chart detailing Land trust housing finances LTRUST1.HTM
2003 Pet Policy, Stone Curves
2001 Chart of Cohousing communities in Denmark cohoaddr-DK.html
2001 Chart of Cohousing communities in the Netherlands cohoaddr-NL.html
2001 Abstract of Maruja Torres's 2001 PhD thesis _Our Common House: Using the
 built environment to develop supportive communities_ torres.htm
2001 Table of cohousing community lot size / # units unitsize.htm

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