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Burlington Cohousing in dispute with neighbors

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
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Residents at Burlington Cohousing East Village are moving into their new units but are dogged by an unresolved issue with their neighbors about the sale of a buffer zone between them and neighboring single family homes.

The article does a good job of presenting the dispute fairly and gives a nice montage of life in cohousing. I got a smile out of this quote from one of the neighbors:

"One of the problems is there is no one in charge." Cohousing's "corporate structure dictates that everything (including a resolution of the land dispute) has to be decided in meetings, and they have to have a meeting to decide if they're going to have a meeting," Keller said.

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Is it Cohousing? Richdale Place completed

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

A Boston real estate paper reported on the completion of a new cohousing development, Richdale Place Cohousing.

This is a developer driven cohousing community and is built as single building rather than townhouses (common for more urban cohousing). But its not clear how much community has been built among prospective residents and whether it will have that sense of community (comments welcome from anyone who knows more).

Richdale Place is a unique variation on a typical cohousing community because Oaktree initiated its development and has actively facilitated a spirit of community among residents who committed before construction completion. Cohousing communities are traditionally created and managed by their residents and combine the advantages of private homes with the benefits of more sustainable living, including shared common facilities and ongoing connections with neighbors. They also provide desirable, efficient and economical living spaces for the residents and offer an innovative solution to today's environmental and social challenges.

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Cassadaga Spiritualists in USAToday

Friday, December 7th, 2007

The USAToday has picked up the AP story about Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp that we mentioned last week.

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Saskatoon Ecovillage on City Council Agenda

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

A project called the Ecovillage at River Landing is on the Saskatoon city council agenda for tonight. The ecovillage is a $21 million project of the Prairie Ecovillage Development Corporation.

It's hard to tell how much of a sense of community this project will have.  Is this an example of the Ecovillage name being co-opted by a mainstream developer? They do plan to have LEED-platinum buildings so their is some commitment to ecological practices.

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Galveston paper profiles forming ecovillage

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

The Galveston Daily News ran a small article about a project just getting underway called Global Ecovillage.

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Commune woman loses child custody case

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

A woman from The Family community near San Diego, CA lost custody of her 5 year old son after she was accused of being part of a "notorious sex cult".

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