2005 News

Grist Magazine (national)
"Won't you be my neighbor?"
by Umbra Fisk
Environmental advice columnist recommends cohousing to reader seeking an energy-efficient, sustainable, neighborly community. (December 12, 2005)

The East Bay Monthly (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
"Common ground"
by Lauri Puchall
More than simply hanging up your hat, retiring to a cohousing community can mean connecting with peers, young families and life. The article features Pleasant Hill Cohousing (Pleasant Hill, CA), Glacier Hill Cohousing (Davis, CA), Temescal Commons Cohousing (Oakland, CA), Swan’s Market Cohousing (Oakland, CA) and Doyle Street Cohousing (Emeryville, CA). (December, 2005)

Fort Collins Coloradoan (Fort Collins, CO)
"Old-style living"
by Christiana Nelson
Cohousing neighborhoods thrive through sharing at Greyrock Commons in Fort Collins, CO. (December 6, 2005)

The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
“At home with one another"
by Lisa Kocian, Globe staff
Cohousers say they're looking for community, and a welcome mat. Camelot Cohousing and Mosaic Commons will share 55 acres in Berlin, MA. (December 4, 2005)

Hollister Free Lance (Hollister, CA)
"Condos on Vista Park Hill?"
by Luke Roney, staff writer
A group is forming to develop the first cohousing project in Hollister, CA, which will have an initial focus on providing homes for local workers. The article also mentions Oak Creek Commons (Paso Robles, CA) and Marsh Commons (Arcata, CA). (November 25, 2005)

Homer News (Homer, AK)
"Cohousing finds home in Homer"
by Michael Armstrong, staff writer
The Homer planning commission approved Alaska's first cohousing project, 59¼ North, which will include 21 units plus professional offices and studios. (November 24, 2005)

The Daily Mining Gazette (Houghton, MI)
"Building community within a community"
A local cohousing effort began when a resident realized that she barely used a third of her house. (November 4, 2005)

The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
"Tearing down the walls that separate us"
by Kristen Green, Globe correspondent
Superbia! author David Wann suggests measures to improve suburban life. (October 20, 2005)

Corvallis Gazette-Times (Corvallis, OR)
“Dave Zaback joins Home Life”
Group home for disabled adults to be built in CoHo Cohousing community with partial funding by Corvallis City Council. (October 17, 2005)

Global Public Media (Internet)
"A report from the Second U.S. Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions"
Creating alternative communities module features cohousing leaders with a focus on sustainability. (October 10, 2005)

Seven Days (Vermont)
"It takes a neighborhood"
by Jeanne Keller
Homeowners and developers dig into a perennial issue. Burlington CoHousing group impresses their neighbors-to-be even before they begin building - by saving Edith Turner's garden. (September 28, 2005)

Builder Magazine (national)
"Consensual communities"
by David Holzel
Building a cohousing community isn't for the faint of heart, but it has its rewards. (September 1, 2005)

Worldwatch Institute (international)
"The ties that bind"
Cohousing exemplifies how strong social ties are especially helpful in promoting collective consumption, which often has social and environmental advantages, in addition to improving health and facilitating ecomomic security. (September 2005)

San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA)
"Fill your empty nest with friends"
by Susan Fornoff, Chronicle staff writer
Senior Cohousing author Charles Durrett cited to rebut comic novel. (August 31, 2005)

San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA)
"Reshaping the neighborhood frontier"
by Andrea Kissack
Creating a retrofit cohousing community in Oakland, CA  (August 7, 2005)

National Geographic (national)
"Tecumseh, MO"
by Mary E. Jennings
Cohousing in online supplement to article on intentional communities (August, 2005)

Copley News Service (national)
"Cohousing concept expands in states"
by James M. Woodard
More cohousing projects are being planned throughout the country. (July 23, 2005)

Communities Magazine
(Fellowship for Intentional Community’s Journal of Cooperative Living)
"The face of cohousing in 2005"
Cohousing theme issue features exclusive interview with Chuck Durrett, new research.
(Summer 2005)

East Bay Business Times (Pleasanton, CA)
"E-Loan to launch controversial TIC mortgage"
Online loan broker to offer new financing option: multi-unit TIC mortgages. (July 13, 2005)

KATU.com (Portland, OR)
"Skyrocketing housing prices forcing some to get creative"
Story of retrofit cohousing project in Portland includes local ABC affiliate news clip. (July 11, 2005)

The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
"Alternative housing growing in appeal"
Cohousing as an attractive alternative housing option, featuring several Washington DC area cohousing communities (July 1, 2005)

Terrain.org
"Unsprawl: Cohousing in Tucson, Arizona"
Cover-page article in the online journal Built and Natural Environments features three cohousing communities. (Spring/Summer 2005)

"Making green design affordable"
Article by Dave Wann, Coho/US board member and resident of Harmony Village Cohousing (Spring/Summer 2005)

Washington Post (Washington, DC)
"Is green building budding? - Experts see a gathering momentum for design efficiency, conservation"
Eastern Village Cohousing in Silver Spring, MD is featured in an article on designing homes that have with minimal the impact on the environment.  (April 16, 2005)