2006 News

Washington Post (Washington, DC)
"Condos where joiners get their wish"
Unlike the case at other new condos sprouting in Silver Spring, the neighbors at Eastern Village Cohousing know each other by name. (December 23, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA)
"Houses united"
A look at the pending development of North Oakland Cohousing as well as existing cohousing communities in the Bay Area. (December 10, 2006)

Concord Monitor (Concord, NH)
"Community, from the ground up: Development aims for a neighborly feel"
A front-page feature about the The Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm, now under construction, which will be New Hampshire’s first cohousing community. (December 4, 2006)

Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX)
"Cohousing creates new level of community"
Forming groups in Houston, Austin and Dallas are looking to bring cohousing to Texas. (December 2, 2006)

Nevada Appeal (Carson City, NV)
"Truckee prepares for first cohousing development"
Planners and future residents of Truckee’s potential cohousing development are focusing on environmental sustainability and community. (December 1, 2006)

Time Magazine (national)
"Not home alone"
Seniors are signing up for enclaves with separate homes but a supportive community. (November 2006)

KFSN-TV (Fresno, CA)
"Special Assignment: Cohousing"
The Fresno ABC-TV Affiliate aired a 3-minute news report about Fresno Cohousing which included footage of the Fresno Cohousing property and Oak Creek Commons Cohousing in Paso Robles, CA. (November 29 and 30, 2006)

MortgageNews Daily (national)
"It might seem like a commune but cohousing is not a sixties idea"
This on-line publication for the lending industry explains the concept of cohousing. (November 28, 2006)

Daily Journal (Mendocino County, CA)
"Cohousing concept coming to Ukiah"
A 34-home community is in the works as part of a larger subdivision south of Ukiah. (November 20, 2006)

US News & World Report (national)
"Finding a good home"
This look at the options for elderly residential care includes a short section on senior cohousing. (November 18, 2006)

Mail Tribune (southern Oregon)
"Being there"
Ashland’s cohousing project makes headway. (November 18, 2006)

Raleigh-Durham News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
"Sharing a magic place"
The blessings and challenges of life in cohousing. (November 18, 2006)

Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
"In Fridley, a utopian vision for housing"
At a new community in Fridley, residents will rely on one another -- governing themselves, preparing meals together, sharing child care and more. (November 14, 2006)

Financial Times (international)
"The closeness of strangers"
An indepth look at cohousing as a U.S. and international phenomenon. (November 10, 2006)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
"Arbco ready to go: Vilas area cohousing project to begin selling units"
A new development that includes some affordable homes by Habitat for Humanity is described as “one of the most ambitious cohousing efforts ever launched in the United States.” (November 10, 2006)

Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, FL)
"Cohousing offers mix of privacy, links to others"
More aging Americans, especially baby boomers approaching retirement, want the privacy of their own homes while also having easy connections to neighbors. (November 10, 2006)

YubaNet (Yuba, CA)
"Cohousing highlighted at Sierra Business Council annual conference"
Write up of a talk by Charles Durrett at the 12th annual conference of the Sierra Business Council in Truckee, CA. (November 9, 2006)

Vermont Guardian (VT)
"Cohousing takes root in Charlotte"
A look at Champlain Valley Cohousing, which saw its first families moving in last May. (November 3, 2006)

City Visions Radio KALW (San Francisco, CA)
"A place to call home: How is the Bay Area facing the housing challenge?"
A look at cohousing and cooperative housing as a way to achieve affordability. (October 30, 2006)

Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, WA)
"Cohousing residents creating an 'ideal village' of cooperation"
The completion of Bartimaeus Cohousing in Meadow Wood is the lead for a longer look at cohousing. (October 22, 2006)

Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
"Growing old together"
Individually, the many aspects of the ElderSpirit Community aren't new. But as a whole, the community has become a testing ground for new concepts in aging. (October 20, 2006)

Kodiak Daily News (Kodiak, AK)
"Kodiak’s aging population should consider cohousing"
A guest columnist argues that elder cohousing belongs in Alaska. (October 12, 2006)

Wall Street Journal (national)
"Forget golf courses, beaches and mountains" (Subscription only)
Elder cohousing is described as an attractive alternative in a overview of today’s retirement options. (October 2, 2006)

Nevada Appeal (Carson City, NV)
"Hilltop picked for potential cohousing project"
An article about cohousing in general and the community under development in Truckee. (September 28, 2006)

New Hampshire Public Television (NHPTV) (Concord, NH)
"Canterbury shakers and modern day cohousing"
TV magazine featuring Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm in Peterborough, NH and Cobb Hill Cohousing in Hartland, VT. (September 26, 2006)

New York Times (New York, NY)
"The 21st-Century commune"
The publication’s premiere of its new real estate section included a short feature on cohousing with its “private homes, shared common spaces and a built-in extended family.” (September 10, 2006)

Central Valley Business Times (Stockton, CA)
"Central Valley’s first cohousing development planned for Fresno"
Feature includes a streaming audio interview of Charles Durrett. (September 6, 2006)

Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
"Co-housing residents enjoy relying on their neighbors"
A look at life in the Pleasant Hill Cohousing community. (September 2, 2006)

Indiana Daily Student (Bloomington, IN)
"Young adults get creative with living arrangements to save money"
Cohousing is one of the options students are exploring at the University of Indiana. (August 28, 2006)

The Observer (UK)
"Communal living comes back into fashion in new flats"
If your idea of shared living accommodation is a 1960s hippy-style commune, CoFlats Stroud - a cohousing development of flats in a nineteenth-century Unitarian church - might set you straight. (August 20, 2006)

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
"A village in the city"
Article and audio slideshow about Pleasant Hill Cohousing that circulated around the country. (July 20, 2006)

WCSH6 - TV (Portland, ME)
"Neighbors Get Closer In Cohousing Communities"
TV news story featuring Two Echo Cohousing in Brunswick, ME. (July 17, 2006)

Lincoln County News (ME)
"Cohousing dream getting closer to reality"
Members of the forming Midcoast Cohousing community who have been working diligently for about three years planning a 37-acre project on a property have submitted their preliminary plan and are preparing for an upcoming public hearing. (July 12, 2006)

Scoop Independent News (New Zealand)
"Stateside with Rosalea: Clayton's communes"
Cohousing bus tour of San Francico Bay Area communities makes a big impression on a visitor from New Zealand. (July 10, 2006)

Affordable Housing Finance Magazine (national)
"Developer takes novel approach to seniors housing"
ElderSpirit Community in Abingdon, VA seeks to offer an alternative kind of independent-living community, one in which close-knit residents will care for one another as they grow older. (July 2006)

The Burlington Free Press (VT)
"Cat's journey takes him near death"
A new cohouser in Champlain Valley (Charlotte, VT) moves in via a long, strange trip: 10 days in a boxspring in a moving truck! (June 27, 2006)

The Herald-Sun (NC)
"Together, Pacifica neighbors make it home-sweet-home"
After more than three years of construction and controversy, it's moving day at Pacifica - a 46-unit cohousing project in Carrboro, NC. (June 10, 2006)

The Arizona Republic (AZ)
"Boom trends"
Builders respond to changing desires, needs of empty nesters, older buyers. Cohousing is highlighted as one of eight new trends. (May 20, 2006)

Santa Monica Daily Press (Santa Monica, CA)
"For some, the perfect community can be built"
This article about a forming group in Santa Monica, CA, describes cohousing and the development process, and quotes extensively from Coho/US board member Raines Cohen. (May 12, 2006)

PBS (national)
"Boomers redefining life after 50"
One of its segments looked at life in a multigenerational cohousing community. (March 2006)

Washingtonian (Washington, DC)
"Among friends"
Many retirees want to live in a close-knit community. With senior cohousing, neighbors take care of neighbors and focus on what’s important in their later years. This excellent feature in the Real Estate section highlights ElderSpirit Community (Abingdon, VA) and Charles Durrett, author of Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Living Independently. A senior cohousing resource list concludes the article. (March 2006)

AARP (national)
"Rethinking the commune"
Across America bold pioneers are building a new kind of housing for the 21st century. The article focuses on intentional communities, including cohousing in general and Milagro Cohousing (AZ) in particular. (March/April 2006)

The New York Times (New York, NY)
"Growing old together, in a new kind of commune"
Extensive article profiles the "unlikely revolutionaries who are opting for old age on their own terms" by creating the Glacier Circle cohousing community (Davis, CA). The feature explores cohousing as an innovative alternative to the conventional retirement home, and also mentions ElderSpirit (Abingdon, VA). The online version includes a video clip of residents' accounts of the what, why and how of their group. (February 27, 2006)

Common Ground Magazine (western Canada)
"Building community from the ground up"
Imagine if your own house and the houses in your immediate neighbourhood were designed to foster a sense of belonging, giving and consideration. (January 2006)

The Savvy Senior syndicated column (national)
"Elder cohousing offers security"
Savvy Senior columnist recommends elder cohousing as an option that offers adults age 55 and over the opportunity to live interdependently and within a close-knit group of neighbors. (January 31, 2006)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
"Home sweet co-home"
Arboretum Cohousing, a visionary 40-unit project, is nearing reality with the final agreement to purchase more than a dozen properties owned by St. Marys Hospital. (January 5, 2006)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
"Cohousing project planned"
Arboretum Cohousing will work with Design Coalition of Madison to complete plans for a mix of existing and new buildings. (January 5, 2006)