Chicago Cohousing Network COHOUSING IN THE MIDWEST Wisconsin Village Cohousing, Madison, Wi, www.designcoalition.org  Like one big family Sue and Art Lloyd are living their dream of creating a project where work and decision making are shared by residents, and young families mingle with retirees on a daily basis. Located at the corner of Mound and South Mills streets, the newly developed Village Cohousing Community appears similar to other condominium projects from the outside. But inside, something different is happening. Units range in size from a 700-square-foot, one bedroom unit to a 1,600-square-foot, two bedroom townhouse with a loft. There is a gradient from most public to most private, so for example, the kitchens face the common areas and that's the most public space, so people working in their kitchens can look out on the common areas and see their," said Fassnacht. Each unit is designed with a different floor plan and prices range from $85,000 to $180,000.  Art and Sue Lloyd 1104 Mound Madison, Wis 608 256-7250 ARBORETUM COHOUSING, MADISON, Wi www.arboretumcohousing.org The core group of what is now called Arboretum Cohousing had its first get-together in early 2003, with no particular site yet in mind. Planning began in earnest when Madison's St. Marys Hospital, as part of it's expansion efforts, offered a block of houses for sale to a developer who would meet the hospital's and the neighborhood's goals of home ownership and affordability. In late 2003, the Arboretum Cohousing proposal was accepted. Since then, the group has been refining the details of the offer to purchase while working on design and organizational issues. We began the public outreach campaign in January 2006, and reached our target goal of two-thirds of homes presold by that summer. That triggered a host of other design and planning steps, and we excitedly held the groundbreaking ceremony in late summer 2007. Construction is expected to be completed the the end of September 2008. Arboretum Cohousing will provide neighborhood community living to all who are interested in Cohousing. There will be 40 new and retrofit units in the midst of a tree and kid-filled neighborhood. Within walking distance to the revitalized downtown Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Edgewood College, this is truly urban living at its finest. The Arbco neighborhood community includes homes ranging from 1 to 3 bedrooms in shared buildings to existing 3 and 4 bedroom single family homes from the 1910-1930 era. The 6000 square foot common house will have meeting and kitchen facilities overlooking Lake Wingra. A paradise for kids of all ages, there will be many safe nooks and crannies to explore, as well as the Lake Wingra beach and Vilas Zoo just around the corner. Interested in joining Arboretum Cohousing? Want to learn more about our homes and community? Contact us at info@arboretumcohousing.org or call 608.229.7906 Michigan SUNWARD COHOUSING, Ann Arbor Michigan - www.sunward.org  The land is 20 acres and includes woods, ponds, native prairie, and housing and play areas. The ponds sometimes freeze hard enough for hockey, and the prairie in bloom is spectacular!  The homes are 40 privately-owned and complete townhouses ranging in size from 1-3+ bedrooms. Each house has a porch and its kitchen faces common areas to facilitate visiting. Homes were designed to be energy efficient and clustered to preserve greenspace. PorchThe common house has a kitchen and dining room for optional shared meals, guest room, laundry facilities, workshop, exercise room, offices, mailboxes and multipurpose space for work and play.  Other structures include a century-old barn, sheds, garages, two play structures and of course picnic tables for get-togethers.  Contact Us - info@sunward.org , 734-663-5516   GREAT OAK Cohousing, www.gocoho.org Great Oak, the second Cohousing community in Ann Arbor, completed building in 2003. Great Oak consists of a total of 37 households, ranging from young families to retired couples. About half of us have kids living at home.  What does Great Oak Cohousing offer?  Thirty-seven individually-owned, complete condominiums with 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms  Ecologically-sensitive building and site design that preserves the land's natural beauty  An intergenerational, friendly atmosphere that is safe for children and conducive to visiting with neighbors  A large community building, called a common house, for optional shared meals and other activities  Scio Township location, fewer than ten minutes from downtown Ann Arbor, in the Ann Arbor School District, with city water and sewer And much much more. ..  Contact us: (734) 929-6565 contact@gocoho.org - www.gocoho.org/  TOUCHSTONE COHOUSING, ANN ARBOR, www.ic.org/touchstone Touchstone Cohousing is the third of the Little Lake Cohousing communities located in Scio Township on Little Lake Road.  As of June 13, 2005, Touchstone has four buildings under construction and more on the way!  We are a group of families and single persons (19 families as of June 2005) working to create a 46-unit cohousing neighborhood. We are seeking new members who wish to be a part of the blend of community and privacy that is unique to cohousing: shared resources and community meals; creation and participatory management of our neighborhood; and private condominium home ownership.  Our planned neighborhood, located on six acres of meadows with adjoining woods and wetlands will be a mixed-income intergenerational village. A large common building, or Common House, will offer a large kitchen and dining room for optional shared meals, space for social activities and childrens play space, and a guest room for overnight guests of the residents. It will feature a pedestrian-oriented design and environmentally sensitive construction. Contact Us There are a number of ways for you to contact us and get involved in Touchstone Cohousing:  Call Us: 734-663-5516-E-mail Us: nick@cohousingdevelopment.com (Nick Meima) Write Us: Cohousing Development Company, 424 Little Lake Drive, #18, Ann Arbor, MI 48103  Minnesota Monterey Cohousing , South St Louis Pk ,www.montereycohousing.org  Location 2925 Monterey Ave. South  Saint Louis Park, MN 55416, -7 blocks west of Minneapolis Phone 952-930-7554 Established December, 1992.  Purpose and Mission "...provide housing for its members in the form of a Cohousing development..." We "...intend to foster strong involvement of the residents in an inclusive community." -. Who can live here Monterey is open to anyone who is interested in living and participating in the community. Membership requires buying one of the units from an existing resident-owner (subject to availability). Monterey welcomes and encourages diversity of membership. Size 15 Households; 8 retrofit "apartment" style units, and 7 newly built townhouse units, each privately owned by the residents.  Physical Description An Edwardian style mansion and a newly built set of townhouses (connected by tunnel), central courtyard, front yard, with driveways and parking bays (incl. garages) on the periphery. The grounds of the 2.25 acre site are beautifully landscaped. Back side of the property adjoins a small park, reachable by a short walk through community owned woods. Interior Space Over 6,000 sq feet of common space, including Living Room, Library, 2 Guest rooms, 3 season enclosed porch, dining room, newly remodeled kitchen, office (w/fax & copier), playroom, laundry room, workshop, entertainment room. Household Makeup Singles; with & w/o children, couples; with & w/o children. Ages 4 to 70+  Membership Adult resident-owners are voting members. Decisions are made by consensus. All business and management decisions are done by the resident members. All members share in the responsibilities and work of the common property, as well as share in its benefits.  

COHOUSING IN THE MIDWEST

Wisconsin

Village Cohousing, Madison, Wi, www.designcoalition.org

Like one big family Sue and Art Lloyd are living their dream of creating a project where work and decision making are shared by residents, and young families mingle with retirees on a daily basis.
Located at the corner of Mound and South Mills streets, the newly developed Village Cohousing Community appears similar to other condominium projects from the outside. But inside, something different is happening.
Units range in size from a 700-square-foot, one bedroom unit to a 1,600-square-foot, two bedroom townhouse with a loft.

There is a gradient from most public to most private, so for example, the kitchens face the common areas and that's the most public space, so people working in their kitchens can look out on the common areas and see their," said Fassnacht. Each unit is designed with a different floor plan and prices range from $85,000 to $180,000.

Art and Sue Lloyd
1104 Mound Madison, Wis
608 256-7250

ARBORETUM COHOUSING, MADISON, Wi

www.arboretumcohousing.org

The core group of what is now called Arboretum Cohousing had its first get-together in early 2003, with no particular site yet in mind. Planning began in earnest when Madison's St. Marys Hospital, as part of it's expansion efforts, offered a block of houses for sale to a developer who would meet the hospital's and the neighborhood's goals of home ownership and affordability. In late 2003, the Arboretum Cohousing proposal was accepted.

Since then, the group has been refining the details of the offer to purchase while working on design and organizational issues. We began the public outreach campaign in January 2006, and reached our target goal of two-thirds of homes presold by that summer. That triggered a host of other design and planning steps, and we excitedly held the groundbreaking ceremony in late summer 2007. Construction is expected to be completed the the end of September 2008.

Arboretum Cohousing will provide neighborhood community living to all who are interested in Cohousing. There will be 40 new and retrofit units in the midst of a tree and kid-filled neighborhood. Within walking distance to the revitalized downtown Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Edgewood College, this is truly urban living at its finest.

The Arbco neighborhood community includes homes ranging from 1 to 3 bedrooms in shared buildings to existing 3 and 4 bedroom single family homes from the 1910-1930 era. The 6000 square foot common house will have meeting and kitchen facilities overlooking Lake Wingra. A paradise for kids of all ages, there will be many safe nooks and crannies to explore, as well as the Lake Wingra beach and Vilas Zoo just around the corner.

Interested in joining Arboretum Cohousing?
Want to learn more about our homes and community?
Contact us at info@arboretumcohousing.org or call 608.229.7906

Michigan

SUNWARD COHOUSING, Ann Arbor Michigan - www.sunward.org

The land is 20 acres and includes woods, ponds, native prairie, and housing and play areas. The ponds sometimes freeze hard enough for hockey, and the prairie in bloom is spectacular!
The homes are 40 privately-owned and complete townhouses ranging in size from 1-3+ bedrooms. Each house has a porch and its kitchen faces common areas to facilitate visiting. Homes were designed to be energy efficient and clustered to preserve greenspace. PorchThe common house has a kitchen and dining room for optional shared meals, guest room, laundry facilities, workshop, exercise room, offices, mailboxes and multipurpose space for work and play.
Other structures include a century-old barn, sheds, garages, two play structures and of course picnic tables for get-togethers.

GREAT OAK Cohousing, www.gocoho.org

Great Oak, the second Cohousing community in Ann Arbor, completed building in 2003. Great Oak consists of a total of 37 households, ranging from young families to retired couples. About half of us have kids living at home.
What does Great Oak Cohousing offer?
Thirty-seven individually-owned, complete condominiums with 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms
Ecologically-sensitive building and site design that preserves the land's natural beauty
An intergenerational, friendly atmosphere that is safe for children and conducive to visiting with neighbors
A large community building, called a common house, for optional shared meals and other activities
Scio Township location, fewer than ten minutes from downtown Ann Arbor, in the Ann Arbor School District, with city water and sewer And much much more.

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Contact us: (734) 929-6565 contact@gocoho.org - www.gocoho.org/

TOUCHSTONE COHOUSING, ANN ARBOR, www.ic.org/touchstone

Touchstone Cohousing is the third of the Little Lake Cohousing communities located in Scio Township on Little Lake Road.
As of June 13, 2005, Touchstone has four buildings under construction and more on the way!
We are a group of families and single persons (19 families as of June 2005) working to create a 46-unit cohousing neighborhood. We are seeking new members who wish to be a part of the blend of community and privacy that is unique to cohousing: shared resources and community meals; creation and participatory management of our neighborhood; and private condominium home ownership.

Our planned neighborhood, located on six acres of meadows with adjoining woods and wetlands will be a mixed-income intergenerational village. A large common building, or Common House, will offer a large kitchen and dining room for optional shared meals, space for social activities and childrens play space, and a guest room for overnight guests of the residents. It will feature a pedestrian-oriented design and environmentally sensitive construction.

Contact Us
There are a number of ways for you to contact us and get involved in Touchstone Cohousing:

Call Us: 734-663-5516-E-mail Us: nick@cohousingdevelopment.com (Nick Meima)
Write Us: Cohousing Development Company, 424 Little Lake Drive, #18, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Minnesota

Monterey Cohousing , South St Louis Pk ,www.montereycohousing.org

Location 2925 Monterey Ave. South
Saint Louis Park, MN 55416, -7 blocks west of Minneapolis
Phone 952-930-7554
Established December, 1992.

Purpose and Mission "...provide housing for its members in the form of a Cohousing development..." We "...intend to foster strong involvement of the residents in an inclusive community." -.
Who can live here Monterey is open to anyone who is interested in living and participating in the community. Membership requires buying one of the units from an existing resident-owner (subject to availability). Monterey welcomes and encourages diversity of membership.
Size 15 Households; 8 retrofit "apartment" style units, and 7 newly built townhouse units, each privately owned by the residents.
Physical Description An Edwardian style mansion and a newly built set of townhouses (connected by tunnel), central courtyard, front yard, with driveways and parking bays (incl. garages) on the periphery. The grounds of the 2.25 acre site are beautifully landscaped. Back side of the property adjoins a small park, reachable by a short walk through community owned woods.
Interior Space Over 6,000 sq feet of common space, including Living Room, Library, 2 Guest rooms, 3 season enclosed porch, dining room, newly remodeled kitchen, office (w/fax & copier), playroom, laundry room, workshop, entertainment room.
Household Makeup Singles; with & w/o children, couples; with & w/o children. Ages 4 to 70+

Membership Adult resident-owners are voting members. Decisions are made by consensus. All business and management decisions are done by the resident members. All members share in the responsibilities and work of the common property, as well as share in its benefits.