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CHICAGO COHOUSING NETWORK
CREATING COMMUNITY
through neighborhood design,
resident participation and management,
and common facilities
Local Cohousing and Related Groups
National and Regional Organizations
Living in Cohousing: Residents Comments
NOTE:
I monitor and change this website regularly- note web site updates
and keep posted of late breaking events and news.
Keep me posted so I
can up date the web site.
Hal Mead, Secretary Chicago Cohousing Network,
847-869-8493, halmead@comcast.net
ACTIVITIES
July- August - 2008
(Updated JUly 17, 2008)
PRAIRIE ONION COHOUSING , www.prairieonioncohousing.org
Our Vision
Prairie onion cohousing core group
New people are encouraged to come-
(All are welcome)
WORKING GROUP - regular meetings
Normally the first Thursday of each month.
(New People are welcome)
Thursday, July 10, 7-9 pm
Thursday, August 7, 7-9 pm
Thursday, September 4, 7-9 pm
for more information call 773 764-4914
Edgewater Library, Edgewater Library,
1210 W. Elmdale, Chicago
CHICAGO-COMMUNITIES & COOPERATIVE GATHERING
Saturday July 19 from 2pm
Su Casa Catholic Worker
5045 S. Laflin St Chicago
Join us for BBQ, games and conversation. A main course and drinks will be provided.
Please bring a small dish to share.
Please RSVP to gathering@sucasacw.org
INTRODUCTION TO COHOUSING AND PRAIRIE ONION
Sunday August 10, at 2pm -
(note this has been rescheduled)for- the following week-Sunday, August 17, at 2pm
1418 Balmoral, Chicago
For more info call 773-764-4914
Call first to check on date, time and location)- these are all subject to change
call : Jolynn 773-854-6879, or Marty 773 764-5065
From The National cohousing Conference 2008
June 14-15
PLENARY SESSION
Craig Ragland
Executive Director Cohousing
Cohousing Is Growing
Cohousing now - there are over 12,000 web site visits from 85 different communities , uk, France, and Australia
-visits to web 65% women-87% without children.
Now on the web site a monthly magazine, intro to coho market planes, professional directory, elder cohousing, membership finding community marketing, forums.
Communities completed
There are now 113 completed Cohousing communities with 5,576 Cohousing residents. 94 new cohousing project area in formation- 7 newly built to be completed in 2008
Time necessary to build 1-5 years-55%, 6-10 38%
Average number of units 24, average size 51 people
Cohousing in urban settings 40%, rural 21% suburban 17% small town 22%
The Future is Bright
By 2025 with current projections there will be 200 to 300 new Cohousing communities. Most of the projects work with a developer to get the community up and running.
COHOUSING OBSERVATIONS
Hal Mead
Cohousing has grown from a curiosity in the 90's into a movement now with a lot of enthusiasm and energy especially with higher energy costs and a focus on a wide variety of environmental issues centering around global warming. The first 10 years of Cohousing was a curiosity that may have died out. The 2nd 10 years of Cohousing have matured with added energy and variety as it has spread.
The next 10 years for Cohousing will continue this variety and energy probably with increased help from governments, trusts, and foundations as the word begins to get out that this building and investment in communities on a small scale is good for the environment, governments, and everyone. The social and environmental problems we are now beginning to face will require the help of everyone working together.
The Conference ended with everyone singing the cohousing song.-
THE COHOUSING SONG
There’s no housing like CoHousing!
Like no housing we know.
Everything about it is appealing.
Common House and all the units, too.
We designed it from floor to ceiling,
And now we’re seeing it all come true.
There’s no people like CoPeople,
They strive for community.
Anonymous suburbia this sure won’t be!
We’re neighborhood and we’re family.
Young and old are living here in harmony,
Let’s get on with the show!
WHAT IS COMMUNITY?
Community is more than a place where people live, work, and raise their children. A true community is made up of relationships among and between people living whole and interdependent lives. It includes, too, the natural world-plants and animals, the earth and the elements-as well as the human and built world. An ideal community is the locus for education, economy, culture, and our civic, social, and spiritual life. There, the best in each of us is nurtured and encouraged; there, we are supported during our difficulties and accepted always. There we feel we belong. Community Service - Yellow Springs, Ohio
PUBLICATIONS
CHICAGO COHOUSING NETWWORK NEWSLETTER
Plant the seeds of community now - enjoy the fruits of community later
The Chicago Cohousing Network has published a small monthly newsletter since the early 1990's.
(As of January 2002 the newsletter is now published every 2 months.)
The newsletter includes dates of local cohousing events, local contacts,
and information on cohousing activities locally, in the
Midwest, and nationally.
Send $10 check payable to the Chicago Cohousing Network for a one year subscription to the newsletter.
(The Network does not take credit cards)
Chicago Cohousing Network
c/o Hal Mead 2205 Maple C-1
Evanston, IL 60201-2729
Contact the network:
Hal Mead, Secretary
(847) 869-8493,
halmead@comcast.net
COHOUSING -
a contemporary approach to housing ourselvesAvailable at most book stores
Newly revised 2005
The Cohousing Handbook
Build A place for Community
Chris and Kelly Scott Hanson
$26.95
A Community Approach to Independent LivingCreating a Life Together
Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities
Diana Leafe Christian
$22.95
SENIOR COHOUSING:
1997 National Cohousing Conference - Seattle, Washington
Organized society grows out of community,
and can thrive only so long as the spirit of community
pervades and vitalizes it.
- Arthur E. Morgan
