Meet the group!

We are a group of motivated individuals who want to co-create a thriving cohousing community!
Contact us to find out more and get to know us at one of our upcoming events!
Russ Yttri
The seed for an intentional lifestyle was planted  back in the Roaring 90s while living in Tennessee. Here he attended many Gatherings over the years at rural communities that shared resources. Now that his servitude  to a large corporation has expired he was curious when he came across Bassett Creek cohousing table at the renewable energy fair in the fall of 2017. Spring of 2018 he became a member. He likes to be out in the world exploring and hopes to make the earth a better place to be one action at a time.

Stefan + Linda Silverman

Stefan is originally from Fairfield, IA, and lives with his wife, Linda, in Eden Prairie, MN. They spent 25+ years in Lancaster, PA, before moving here in 1999. They have two daughters, 25 and 21 who are in college. Both were adopted from Russia as infants.
Stefan is a graduate of the University of Iowa in Journalism and worked as a television news producer in Atlanta before switching to advertising and marketing. He worked for a home furnishings manufacturer before opening his first business, a pharmaceutical packaging company he ran for 20 years which grew to 150 employees before selling it in 1998. A serious entrepreneur, he has started several other companies in construction, commercial real estate development and leasing. He also worked as a franchise consultant and mortgage loan officer. Major skills include digital marketing, producing webinars and executive sales.
His hobbies include singing with Sonomento, a semi-professional choir, cooking, gardening, travel in his RV, enjoying arts and crafts shows and community-building. A life-long learner, he recently earned a mini-MBA degree from St. Thomas University.
 
Linda Silverman
A Chicago native, Linda is an Occupational Therapist working for Fairview Homecare. Her degree from the University of Iowa is in Special Education and she worked as a teacher for many years before going back to school at the University of Pennsylvania for her OT degree.
Stefan and Linda met at the University of Iowa and were married in 1974. When she’s not working she likes to shop yard sales and wants to learn to do quilting. She describes herself as a homebody and enjoys activities with her two daughters. Favorite place for vacation is Door County, WI. Looks forward to doing needlepoint in front of a fire in our Common House.
  Fred Olson and Becca Brackett
Becca Brackett and Fred Olson have been encouraging community for the forty years they have lived in North Minneapolis. Their home was an Urban Homestead in 1977 and Fred did most of the rehab work himself – but draws the line at painting – which Becca will do. After Fred found out about cohousing he founded the Cohousing-L email discussion list which is still going strong at 24 years.
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Becca retired from Family Medicine practice at HealthPartners after 37 years. Now she has more free time to make quilts and participate in the www.mnquilt.org/Minnesota Quilters organization. She relaxes by growing flowers both domestic and native prairie plants at a nearby school. Her other interests include Central American Archaeology and the lincolnplayground.org/ Lincoln School Playground Reimaginging project.
 Becca is a  Ham radio operator,  N0CAH, has used mostly the 2 meter band, but inactive now. They raised their son on the Northside, and he is now 29.  With an empty nest and a house that always needs something, Becca  hopes to downsize into a cohousing unit in the Bassett Creek Cohousing.

Chase Turner + Betty Bryne

Chase Turner & Betty Byrne: Mid-50s couple with two college age kids seeking sustainable housing and community in the Twin Cities metro area.  Currently home owners in St. Paul