Of course we all knew that, but it was nationally confirmed on June 16 at the 2012 National Cohousing Conference award dinner in Oakland. Our very own project manager Kathryn McCamant and her husband (our architect) Charles Durrett won the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Cohousing Association of the United States for outstanding contributions to […]
12 members of Wolf Creek Lodge attended the National Cohousing Conference in Oakland during the weekend of June 16th. This conference is organized by The National Cohousing Association. Over 300 people attended. They were residents of cohousing communities and people seeking information. They were interested in cohousing as a life style choice and in the […]
June 14, 2012 | Edit NARFE (The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association) is hosting a presentation on Senior Cohousing in Roseville on Thursday, June 14th at 11:30 a.m.. Members of Wolf Creek Lodge will explore the concept of cohousing with a special emphasis on senior cohousing. The presentation is open to active or […]
May 24, 2012 1:00-3:00pm Osher Lifelong Learning Institute UC Davis, Davis Art Center (Studio F) 1919 F. St, Davis, CA Contact: Lorraine Townsend 530-752-9695 Ext 1 email: Lorraine Townsend – lstownsend@ucdavis.edu Public welcome! Presentation by Katie McCamant ~ Katie will discuss her 25 years of experience designing and building award-winning, sustainable communities throughout the United […]
April 25, 2012 10:00-11:30am Fromm Institute For Lifelong Learning 660 Parker Avenue, San Francisco, CA; Contact: Robert Fordham 415-422-6805; Retired & over 50 welcome. Katie will discuss her 25 years of experience designing and building award-winning, sustainable communities throughout the United States. She is presently developing Wolf Creek Lodge, a pro-active cohousing community under construction […]
In last month’s newsletter, we introduced the idea of sharing one of the Wolf Creek Lodge two-bedroom homes with a like-minded cohouser by either co-owning or through a rental arrangement. Here is the article. As you may have guessed, we heard from several people who were interested and excited about finding a way to make their cohousing dream come true.
Our larger community of Nevada County is also a place of activism. Recently, a delegation of over 100 people from Nevada County caravanned on the “Yuba Express” to the State Capitol and hand-delivered over 10,000 letters and petition signatures to Governor Jerry Brown.
Senior Cohousing was featured on “The Today Show”. You can see it here: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/46891129#46891129 So when you have completed your round the world cruise come and see us at Wolf Creek Lodge in Grass Vally, California.
Co-housing projects for older Americans, communities of homes on shared land that residents build and operate themselves, are on the rise. The first such development, Glacier Circle in Davis, Calif., opened in 2006. Since then, at least three more have been built — including ElderSpirit in Abingdon, Virginia and ElderGrace in Santa Fe, N.M — and roughly another eight will be under construction by the end of this year, says Charles Durrett, a co-founder of co-housing development company McCamant & Durrett Architects and author of “Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities.”
Have you ever considered sharing one of the two-bedroom units with a like-minded cohouser? You might co-own or buy and sublet. You may think: Oh, here goes my privacy! But consider this: In cohousing we do not plan to live in just our individual units. We have the wonderful common rooms: kitchen and dining room, sitting room with lovely fireplace, ample terrace in front, and our gardens and green space down by the Creek. We share the Petanque court and the hot tub. So you probably won’t be sitting “on top of each other.”
