Cohousing in the News: 2008

WHPTV.com (Harrisburg, PA)
“Living in an Earth friendly neighborhood”
This CBS affiliate reported on the Hundredfold Farm, a co-housing community in Adams County. (July 7, 2008)

The DenverChannel.com (CO)
“Do You Know Who Your Neighbors Are?”
The local network affiliate in Denver reported on Wild Sage Cohousing. (July 7, 2008)

Wall Street Journal (National)
“Shared Interests” Cohousing is mentioned among the interests that are bringing seniors together. (June 14, 2008)

Daily Herald (UT)
“Local Co-housing Group Looks to Share Lives” Description of the efforts of the Utah Valley Commons, a cohousing project that wishes to build an eco-friendly community in the Provo-Orem area. (June 14, 2008)

Seattle Post Intelligencer (WA)
“Cohousing Offers Opportunities for Boomers” An interview with Craig Ragland, executive director of Coho/US, on the topic of boomers and cohousing. (May 30, 2008)

NBC’s Today Show (National)
“The Friendliest Cities” NBC’s Today Show looks at the Five Friendliest Cities. Number Three was Davis, CA. The report mentions its cohousing as one of the contributors to the friendly spirit. (May 28, 2008)

Denver Post (CO)
“Colorado Business”
"Wonderland Hill Development Co. of Boulder announced that its first 50-plus cohousing community, Silver Sage Village, received the Silver Award for Best of Senior Living from the National Association of Home Builders." (May 28, 2008)

International Herald Tribute (International)
“ U.S. Seniors Unite to Build Their Own Retirement ‘Villages’” "Retirees in the United States are banding together to create a novel solution to senior housing issues. And it seems like the type of concept that can translate to, say, a beach in Mexico as easily as a suburb in Texas." (May 24, 2008)

Dallas Morning News (TX)
“Dallas-Fort Worth group Creating First Texas Cohousing Community” Wildflower Village in Duncanville, to open next year will be the first cohousing community in Texas exclusively for adults 50 and older. (May 21, 2008)

Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
“Communal Lifestyle Reborn” An introduction to the concept of cohousing and its greener footprint.. (May 21, 2008)

Sacramento Bee(CA)
“Nevada City Architects Take National Honors for Boulder Project" Nevada City architects McCamant & Durrett won a Silver Award for Best of of Senior Living from the National Association of Home Builders on Tuesday. The firm won the award for its design of Silver Sage Village, a senior co-housing project in the Colorado city. (May 21, 2008). (May 21, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
"Chuck Durrett Keeps His Original Cohousing Dream Alive with a New Retirement Idea”
The architect describes his interest in senior cohousing. (May 18, 2008)

Central Penn Business Journal (PA)
"Garden Spot Cohousing Project Stimulates Interest, Curiosity"
More than 100 people met at Garden Spot Village in New Holland April 23 to learn more about the retirement community's plans to develop a residential development that promotes a communal lifestyle among older adults. (May 9, 2008)

MotleyFool.com (national)
“A Better Way to Live in Retirement”
The financial investment advice website, The Motley Fool has an article promoting cohousing as a great option for retirement living. (May 7, 2008)

Central Penn Business Journal (PA)
"Retirement Village to Promote Communal Living"
"A Lancaster County retirement community plans to build a residential development that promotes a communal lifestyle among older adults. It is believed to be the first time such a development for seniors has been developed in Pennsylvania." (April 25, 2008)

Worchester Telegram (MA)
“Village People: Cohousing Condos Take Root in Berlin" A look at the “social experiment known as cohousing. Mosaic Commons and Camelot Cohousing, totaling 68 units, represent the largest housing development ever built in Berlin.” (April 16, 2008)

Science Daily (National)
"Low-carbon Living Takes Off In The US"
This reports on the University College London study (below) that cohousing not only helps to halve energy use, it offers health and social benefits for families and older people seeking secure and affordable homes. (April 10, 2008)

University College London
“Low-carbon Living Takes Off in The US”
A new study found that cohousing offers a low-carbon lifestyle, and developers are poised for a market that could soon burgeon in the US. (April 8, 2008)

ReadItNews.com (Prescott AZ)
"Permaculture, Rainwater Catchment and Urban Forests - Oh My!"
Arizona State Land Department has awarded Manzanita Village Cohousing a matching grant of $8,300 to enhance its urban forests and create networks of information sharing as it preserves and regenerates its heritage of native trees. (March 21,2008)

SeattlePI.com (Seattle, WA)
"Building Seattle Green"
A Q&A with Coho/US's Executive Director about cohousing in general. (March 20, 2008)

The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
"Common Needs Spur Growth in Cohousing Developments"
The article looks at the reasons behind the growing appeal of cohousing. (March 17, 2008)

ABC-TV WJLA.com (Woodbridge, Va)
"Old-Fashioned Community of the Future"
An article about the The Catoctin Creek Village cohousing community that is being developed. (March 12, 2008)

Yes! (National)
"First, Step Up"
In an essay on what can be done to combat global warming, cohousing is mention as one of the solutions. (Spring 2008)

OpEdNews.com (National)
"Sustainability for Survival"
Cohousing is mentioned as a sustainable practice worth emulating. (February 26, 2008)

Madison Commons (WI) Co-housing Neighborhoods Blossom in Madison
Three existing and up-and-coming cohousing villages have managed to escape the sting of the poor real estate market. (February 21, 2008)

RenewableEnergyWorld.com
“Sustainable Co-Housing; The Importance of Building Preservation”
This podcast looks at the Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm in Peterborough, NH (February 7, 2008)

News & Observer (NC)
“Not a Utopia, Just a Community”
A first-person essay on life at Pacifica, the cohousing community in Carrboro.
(February 5, 2008)

The Olympian (Olympia, WA)
“Co-housing planned for Olympia”
A description of the “community living” project planned for Olympia, WA. (February 3, 2008)

Live Modern (national)
“Cohousing: Green Building Trend and Opportunity”
Explore with us the cohousing trend in residential green building. We start with an audio tour of a cohousing community now under construction in New Hampshire. (February 2008)

Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
“Seattle a pioneer in "community living'' movement”
Describes Seattle as one of the top cohousing spots in the country with its 15 built or forming communities. (January 26, 2008)

Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
“Independence without isolation”
The article describes how cohousing developments give seniors a chance to live on their own while still enjoying a sense of community. (January 27, 2007)

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