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“If we agree that in cohousing a well-functioning common-meal system is fundamental to a strong sense of community, how can we help new communities create an effective common-meal system as they plan their life together in their future home? How can an established community modify its common-meal system, should it start to unravel?”

Five areas of focus. An amazing 55 presentations – more than ever before. Meals included. Fabulous dormitory accommodations with games, a kitchen and gathering areas downstairs. Author and Design-Build Architect John Abrams. Swing music at dinner with dancing afterward. A video introduction to cohousing. New friends and old friends. The best community gathering the nation has ever seen.

Haven’t registered for the conference yet? Seriously? Don’t miss it, discounted registration is almost over! For four days in Boston’s Waltham community at picturesque Bentley College, folks representing cohousing communities from across the country, as well as those just getting to know cohousing for the first time, will gather to feed or reignite their passion with informative presentations, workshops, community tours and social events.

We came up with a bakers dozen of reasons why you need to be at the June Cohousing Conference in Boston.

The CD of Katie McCamant’s December webinar on financing cohousing has been produced and is ready to order.

The presentation is just over an hour and a half long. It is a movie of the full webinar with the complete Powerpoint presentation and the full audio recording of the talk given by Katie on December 3, 2007.

Architect Grace Kim has joined the Coho/US Board. Grace Kim is an architect and co-founding principal of Schemata Workshop, a five-person architectural collaborative in Seattle.

The National Cohousing Conference has traditionally drawn a large crowd of folks who are searching for answers, advice, connections and community. This year the conference will also address cohousing’s most valuable resource: those already living in community. The 2008 conference experience is geared toward helping those of you who’ve been living in community – whether for months or years or decades – to enrich your lives and the life of your group as well as to connect with each other.

Your board is delighted to welcome three new members: David Entin, Diane Margolis, and Terri Furman!

Reserve your spot soon and get the best deal on limited on-site housing. Early-bird registration is $195 per person for the main conference program, with lodging an unbelievable $30 per person per night on campus. Sign up beginning next week!

The cohousing.org website has a new look and feel. Learn a little about how it works as well as a little about our plans for the site and how much we'd like to hear what you'd like on the site.

What's happened to the CD of Katie McCamant's webinar on financing cohousing?