Cohousing Bus Tour (Seattle, Bainbridge Island & Kitsap Peninsula) May 15, 2010

Curious about Cohousing?

A personal visit to a variety of cohousing communities offers you an experience that no photo, website or book can offer. To provide you with this opportunity, the Cohousing Association of the United States (Coho/US) sponsors daylong tours of cohousing communities in several areas around the nation. You are cordially invited to join us on this bus tour and "traveling workshop" led by a local and knowledgeable cohousing resident.

This tour will focus on the wonderful variety of Cohousing communities in Seattle, Bainbridge Island and on the Kitsap Peninsula. We are planning to visit Puget Ridge Cohousing, Jackson Place Cohousing followed by a trip across the Puget Sound to explore Bartimaeus and Winslow Cohousing.

As you travel between locations on a comfortable bus, the tour leader(s) will give participants a chance to introduce themselves, share general information about cohousing, answer questions, provide fact sheets and site plans, and prepare you for your ~45-minute visit to each community. At each stop, a community host (often a long-time resident) will guide your group through his or her neighborhood and answer questions.

Cohousing communities offer nurturing places where people of all ages grow and age well. Cohousing is a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and operation of their own neighborhoods. Cohousing residents are consciously committed to living as a community. The physical design encourages both social contact and individual space. Private homes contain all the features of conventional homes, but residents also have access to extensive common facilities such as open space, courtyards, a playground and a common house. We look forward to having you join us for a day full of learning, community-building and fun.

Official Website: http://www.cohousing.org/tours