2007 News

Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)
“Communal housing is coming of age”
A look at Wolf Creek Lodge, a senior cohousing community that will break ground this spring in the heart of Gold Country. (December 23, 2007)

Natural Life (Canada)
“Green Acres: Ecovillages reduce ecological footprints”
A look at environmentally minded communities, including the more than 450 co-housing projects found in North America and Europe. (December 11, 2007)

Charlottesville Daily Progress (VA)
“'Cohousing' coming to Crozet”
Cohousing advocate Peter Lazar, who lives in Blacksburg, is heading up a effort to create a community called Blue Ridge Cohousing. (November 25, 2007)

Rapid Growth (MI)
“Reclaiming the commons”
A description of Newberry Place. Grand Rapids (MI) first “cohousing” community. (November 14, 2007)

Albany Democrat Herald (OR)
“Cohousing: A new sense of community”
The article traces the more than seven years since the first stirrings of a cohousing community began to whisper through Corvallis. (November 13, 2007)

San Francisco Bay Guardian (CA)
“Good-bye to my city”
A San Franciscan says farewell before heading to a elder cohousing community in Colorado. (November 13, 2007)

Gazette-Times (Corvallis, OR)
“Cohousing: A new sense of community”
As the new residents of CoHo Ecovillage moved in to their new community in the last two weeks, the article retraces the long process taken to completion. (November 10, 2007)

YubaNet (Grass Valley, CA)
“Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett of Nevada City's CoHousing Partners Honored with Sierra Business Council's 2007 Vision 2020 Awards”
The cohousing development/architect team are honored for "their commitment to promoting a unique solution to one of the most vexing problems in the Sierra Nevada – the growing need for affordable, high quality housing." (October 20, 2007)

HeraldTribune.com
"A Retirement Community with a Communal Touch”
This introduction to elder cohousing, describes a new group that is considering land in Florida. (October 1, 2007)

The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
"Condo project takes new approach"
A new 24-unit project will be a dream come true for a group that has been trying to locate a cohousing development in Eugene for more than a decade. (September 27, 2007)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
“Cohousing project defies otherwise cool market”
Construction has begun on one of the most ambitious cohousing projects in the United States. which combines the efforts of a local nonprofit group, St. Mary's Hospital, and Habitat for Humanity. (September 25, 2007)

U.S.News & World Report (national)
“Just don’t call them communes”
A look at cohousing as exemplified in the EcoVillage of Loudoun County and the cohousing community of Catoctin Creek Village. The same article was reprinted on the CBS News website. (August 6, 2007)

Seattle Post Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
“Cohousing for lesbians planned in Bremerton”
A community for older lesbian women is in the works modeled after cohousing communities. (July 8, 2007)

Estes Park Trail Gazette (Estes Park, CO)
“Cohousing in the community”
"By combining environmental sustainability and personal privacy, a new kind of neighborhood is emerging”: the proposed Mary’s Meadow Cohousing in Estes Park. (June 28, 2007)

WCAX (VT)
"Co-Housing nears completion in Burlington"
Vermont’s newest cohousing community is due to be finished in November. (June 16, 2007)

The Evening Sun (Hanover, PA)
"Hundredfold Farm a growing community"
A look at a new cohousing community as its first families settle in. (June 13, 2007)

YubaNet (Grass Valley, CA)
"We got cohousing," Grass Valley Mayor Johnson announces
The Grass Valley Council Chamber was packed on Tuesday evening with people hopeful to hear an affirmative vote on the Wolf Creek Cohousing project. (May 9, 2007)

Affordable Housing Finance (National)
"Regional report: A Long Journey Ends in Berkeley"
An account of a development that illustrates just how difficult a job affordable housing developers have. (May 3, 2007)

Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
"Lending a hand in New Orleans leaves Vashon bloggers touched"
Two young men raised in cohousing spent seven months volunteering in the effort to rebuilt New Orleans. (April 26, 2007)

Environmental Design + Construction Magazine (national)
“After the plaque”
An architect and cohouser explored the residents' satisfaction and the environmental benefits of a green cohousing community, Eastern Village Cohousing in Montgomery County, MD. (April 10, 2007)

New York Times (New York, NY)
"Birds of a feather"
This article about the yearning to retire with neighbors who share one's values touches on elder cohousing. (April 6, 2007)

Natural Awakenings Magazine (National)
"Building a sustainable society with cohousing"
An introduction to the concept of cohousing. (March-April 2007)

Kiplinger’s Retirement Report (National)
“When Neighbors Are Like Extended Family”
This “guide to a richer retirement” devoted its March cover story to an exploration of the benefits of senior cohousing. (March, 2007)

Boston/SF (Boston, MA)
"Oaktree Development nearing completion of a 20-unit cohousing project"
This online real estate news outlet describes a cohousing project in Cambridge Mass. (March 25, 2007)

Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
"For some, it takes an ecovillage"
Jamaica Plain Cohousing is under development as a mixed use condominium project in a Boston neighborhood. (March 25, 2007)

The Union Leader (NH)
"Cohousing community coming to Peterborough"
New Hampshire’s first cohousing community is taking shape on a 113-acre tract of land. (March 23, 2007)

NovoMetro.com (Oakland, CA)
"Temescal: Coho capital of North America"
The plans for a third cohousing community in Temescal would make it the “epicenter of cohousing in North America,” says its founder. (March 12, 2007)

Today Show (national)
"Cohousing communities on the rise"
A look at co-housing as a growing phenomenon across the country. (March 3, 2007)

Auburn Journal (Auburn, CA)
"Housing concept sparks debate"
An informational cohousing meeting held at City Hall Wednesday night turned into a public hearing about the possibility of developing a 35-unit project as cohousing. (March 1, 2007)

The Union (Grass Valley, CA)
"Cohousing plan up for first approval"
The proposed cohousing project in Grass Valley applies for approval. (February 10, 2007)

Post Intelligencer (Seattle WA)
"Cohousing today"
One of the newspaper’s blog looks at cohousing in and around Seattle. (February 6, 2007)

Good Age (Minneapolis, MN)
"Our house"
The “new old-fashioned neighborhoods” are explored in this journal of active living. (January 2007)

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
"Cohousing catching on in US"
A look at the growing popularity of cohousing and elder cohousing. (January 29, 2007)

Daily Hampshire Gazette (MA)
"'Smart growth' awards"
The honored projects include Rocky Hill Cohousing for protecting the environment, conserving energy, and reducing pollution. (January 25, 2007)

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber (Vashon, WA)
"Family housing project takes shape"
Five of the homes at Vashon Cohousing provide home ownership to people at below-market prices. (January 24, 2007)

SanJuanIslander.com (San Juan Islands, WA)
"Robert F. Buck Family’s legacy to include affordable housing "
Cohousing with affordable housing is among the aims of a land sale to the Home Trust. (January 23, 2007)

Palm Beach Post (Palm Beach, FL)
"Homes with gardens grow on boomers"
A brief mention of cohousing as one of the current trends in housing for baby boomers. (January 14, 2007)

Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
"Berlin approves cohousing proposal"
The Zoning Board of Appeals approved of a complex to comprise two distinct cohousing neighborhoods, Mosaic Commons and Camelot Cohousing. (January 14, 2007)

The Union (Grass Valley, CA)
"Towns, cities are changed by New Urbanism"
Developments such as Nevada City Cohousing and four large projects proposed for Grass Valley are described as examples of New Urbanism (January 10, 2007)

Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
"Close for comfort"
A look at New View Cohousing in Acton after 11 years of community. (January 7, 2007)

Gazette Times (Corvallis OR)
"Community offers freedom"
The new CoHo Cohousing community in south Corvallis will include a pioneering new aspect that incorporates and integrates adults with disabilities into the co-housing community. (January 5, 2007)