In a time of sweeping funding cuts to senior services—the recent federal budget belt-tightening cut 23.5 percent from the Community Development Block Grants program which funds many senior programs—the message is becoming clear that we need to take aging into our own hands. And we’d better hurry because the number of seniors is about to skyrocket. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 1990 there were 31 million Americans over 65. In 2009 there were 39 million. By 2050, the senior population is expected to double to 79 million, which raises the question: if we can’t afford to support seniors now, what will we do then?

Jerry Diller talks about why he is excited to move into Wolf Creek Lodge Senior cohousing in Grass Valley, CA. He talks during the recent monthly membership meeting in Rough and Ready , CA. Guests are welcome to come for the intro and slide show in the afternoon as well as eat a yummy potluck.

Listen to Sue talk about why she is becoming a member. The beautiful tree in the background is outside of The Grange in Rough and Ready, CA where members meet each third Saturday for a business meeting and introduction for interested guests.

Wolf Creek Lodge, a new cohousing development under construction in Grass Valley, is being created by a group of seniors who want to create their own unique life style for the second half of their lives.

We call it aging-in-community.

Virginia Thresh talks about why she joined Wolf Creek Lodge

April 9th

The Los Angeles Times Home Section

The article is Boomer retirees require modern thinking. This article appeared in the LA Times in the Home section. Great stuff. Click here to read it.

In the same issue of the paper, they tell the touch story of the elderly facing eviction and developers not living up their their promises. Read this is you want to get up in arms. Click here to read it.

This past Sunday,March 27, 2011, several Wolf Creek Lodge members at the invitation of lodge member Jerry Diller met for dinner, a movie and a discussion following the movie.  This was a follow up to the previous discussion several members had with Jerry on his return from the Middle East and Israel.  After some of […]

How do we make decisions in cohousing, particularly in Wolf Creek Lodge?  We use the time-honored consensus process used by most, if not all, cohousing communities.  I was struck recently by a statement about consensus decision-making made by Sanford Katz in response to an interviewer’s question about whether decisions are made by majority rule in […]

Meet Wolf Creek Lodge member Kirk Davis as he explains why he joined Wolf Creek Lodge.