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Fred's vision for that Bassett Creek Cohousing

10/1/2016

 
This list written by Fred Olson based on preliminary discussion with a variety of people - not accepted by a resident group (yet). I realize achieving all this would be a challenge but I believe in aiming for what you really want and compromising with reality later.
1. intergenerational but senior friendly as well as kid friendly with playground, play areas
2. affordability: short term AND long term by:
  • relatively low cost land
  • variety size units maybe including "tiny house" inspired units
  • low energy cost via passive house inspired construction
  • organized as a limited equity cooperative or maybe as a Permanent Real Estate Cooperative (PREC) to restrain rising location costs
  • design to minimize transportation cost
    • near the heart of Minneapolis and transit
    • bike parking room, near bike routes, near Venture North community bike / coffee shop
    • minimize area devoted to cars - keep on edge of site as is cohousing practice
    • car sharing to minimize number and cost of cars
See also Chris Scott Hanson's Creating More Affordability in Your Community (particularly points 10-13)
3. Environmentally friendly, energy efficient (shouldn't all cohousing?)
4. Diversity of income, race, gender preferences etc.
5. Connections with diverse surrounding neighborhood including common house that can serve neighbors some
6. Possible design features - see vision page

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