Table of Contents/No. 106. Spring 2000

DEPARTMENTS

FOCUS

Cohousing

From the Guest Editor: Building Community One Neighborhood at a Time

Co-Guest Editor Michael McIntyre

Clearly Something Is Happening Here

Co-Guest Editor Rob Sandelin   observes the remarkable rise of cohousing in North America since 1988, which some call "community for the middle class."

Sunday at Dumawish

"Cohousing is now both my religion and my politics," confesses Virginia Lore.

What Do You Mean, "Community"?

Consensus facilitator and mediator Laird Schaub suggests remedies for difficult process issues that challenge cohousing groups.
o Pioneer Valley: Members Leaving, New Members Joining, Peter Jessop
o Celebrate Milestones!, Shari Leach
o Sample Integrated Design/Construction and Process Timeline, Shari Leach, Wonderland Development Company

Winslow Cohousing: The First 10 Years

"We set out to change our world," explains Roberta Wilson, "and now community is changing us."

Community Process and Community Development: Incompatible Worlds?

Westwood Cohousing's project manager and group member Elana Kann  plumbs the dynamics of operating in mutually exclusive cultures.
o Site Evaluation Checklist, Rob Sandelin
o Ten Principles of Cohousing Construction Management, J.D. Lindeberg, Sunward Cohousing

Cranberry Commons: Merging to Make It Happen

What happens when a cohousing group is too small? Steve Walmsley.

Finding the People, Finding the Money

National cohousing activist Zev Paiss offers insights from helping cohousers find enough people and funds to pull off multi-million dollar cohousing projects.

Building Green Community on a Budget

Cohousing is uniquely suited to model sustainable living to our culture believes Liz Walker. How they do it at EcoVillage at Ithaca.
o Social Design Elements, Rob Sandelin

Bofaelleskaber to Cohousing

Chuck Durrett and Danette Milman chronicle the origins of cohousing in Denmark--where a visionary young architect sought "something between utopia and the single-family house."
o With a Little Help From Our Friends, Lois Arkin

Reinvigorating Urban Neighborhoods

Urban retrofit cohousing projects can offer inner city neighborhoods a new life, say Kathryn McCamant and Danette Milman.

"I Want to Live Here Forever, Dad."

Why cohousers do it, ultimately. Rob Sandelin

FEATURE

Conflict and Community: Community Member as "Lightning Rod"

Why, when a community's "problem person" leaves, does the "problem" suddenly switch to someone else? Harvey Baker's explanation may surprise.

COLUMNS

PUBLISHER'S NOTE--Cohousing Comes of Age

Laird Sandhill

FELLOWSHIP NEWS--Twelve Ways You Can Help Us Spread the Word

Geoph Kozeny

PROCESS IN COMMUNITY--Decision Making in Cohousing Communities

Tree Bressen

MY TURN--"Don't Go Back to Sleep"

Jon Kent

HISTORIC COMMUNITIES--What We Can Learn From the Shakers

Robert Rhodes

FEDERATION UPDATE--Connecting with Our Country Neighbors

Starling Ray

PERIPATETIC COMMUNITARIAN--Working Together Apart

Geoph Kozeny

Feedback

EDITOR
Diana Leafe Christian
GUEST EDITOR
Michael McIntyre and Rob Sandelin
DESIGN DIRECTOR
Paul DeLapa
LAYOUT
Lansing Scott (Meridian House)
ILLUSTRATIONS
Billie Miracle (Womanshare)
Jacob Stevens (Dancing Rabbit)
PHOTOS
Debbie Behrens (highline Crossing), The Cohousing Company,
Eleanor Conaway (sunward),
Susan Conger, Janice Doyama (Pioneer Valley),
John Fabel (Pioneer Valley), Bill Fleming (Westwood),
Mark Ivins, Elana Kann (Westwood),
Mary Kraus (Pioneer Valley), Willie Schreurs (Greyrock Commons), 
Wonderland Hill Development Company, M. Zeitman
COPYEDITING
Tree Ivy Beth Bressen (Du-ma)
REACH ADS
Patricia Greene
DIRECTORY UPDATE
Jonah "Cecil" Scheib (Dancing Rabbit)
BUSINESS MANAGER
Marty Kalif
DATABASE MANAGER
Velma Kahn (Abundant Dawn)
CIRCULATION 
McCune Porter (Twin Oaks)
McCune Porter
EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD
Paul Delapa
Betty Didcoct (Ties)
Laird Sandhill (Sandhill Farm)