Here is the assignment and question for the next class on co-housing
1. Go to the US Cohousing Association Website: Cohousing Web Site (click here) .
2. Click on the red button labeled: "What is Cohousing" and read all of the material there.
(This will orient you to the basic characteristics of cohousing neighborhoods - and the participatory development process)
3. Click on this link: "Getting Started: The First Eight Steps." (You could navigate to it through "Magazine" tab, but its a couple levels down).
This will give you an idea of how future residents organize themselves into a cohousing group - and how they develop the process of planning and developing their own neighborhood.
4. From the left side menu choose "Directory". This should yield a listing of all of all existing cohousing communities and forming groups in the U.S. (and some from other countries as well). You should link to the website of one of the communities on the list - either completed or building - and take a "tour" of that project via their website. You will then be familiar enough with the story and particulars of your selected community to answer the question below and share some details and reflections on the characteristics of that community with others in class.
Your blog question for next week is:
Advocates claims that co-housing neighborhoods are representations of genuine 'self-management' and 'self-planning' by citizens. Drawing from the specific example you examined above, discuss What seem to be both the future potential for self-managed communities, and the likely limitations? What potentials are activated by this type of neighborhood arrangement - and what do you see as potential dangers and/or limitations?
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