From COHOUSING NOW!, The Cohousing Association of the United States

In the News

The New Better Off: Courtney Martin of Temescal Commons Cohousing  "The most reliable wealth is found in relationship. I aim to live a life as connected and courageous as possible." Read more about Courtney's book, TED Talk, and NY Times article: Modern Housing With Village Virtues New York Times  Twenty-five years in, although the experiment is still small scale, it has yielded a generation of Americans who grew up in cohousing. Many are evangelical about the ways in which the experience has shaped who they are. The Hot New Millennial Housing Trend Is a Repeat of the Middle Ages  Atlantic Magazine Humans may never return to the days of having strangers and distant relatives dropping in to live for extended periods of time, but it's clear that a group of people are tapping into the past that Gillis wrote about: "Until well into the nine-teenth century, heaven was represented not as a community of families but as one large community of friends."

Cohousing getting national and local coverage

In the last few days, both the Daily Iowan and the New York Times have printed articles on cohousing. They're worth reading!

Daily Iowan:

http://daily-iowan.com/2016/09/19/cohousing-inches-closer-to-iowa-city/

New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/opinion/modern-housing-with-village-virtues.html

Pictures from our Prairie Field Trip

On a beautiful breezy and sunny day 10 of us visited several reconstructed prairies near Ainsworth.

 Walking through one of the prairies

And another prairie 

Learning about prairie reconstruction from Kathy 

 Enjoying a peaceful view of the swimming and fish pond

Watching the "wonder dog" catching fish