Our VisionCedar Cohousing LLC is a Group that wants to create a multi-generational urban community that is founded on the principles of participatory decision-making and problem solving. Each member will contribute his/her talents to enable personal and community well being as well as care of the environment.
Our community will include about 30 eco-friendly residences. Each household will have a private kitchen as well as access to shared facilities in a Common House with a large kitchen and dining area where we can cook together and share meals several times a week. The Common House will include meeting spaces and workspaces where we can share tools and talents. Gardening will be available to the extent the site allows and maybe in nearby community gardens. Pets will be welcome. This will be a tobacco/smoke free property. |
About Bassett Creek CohousingBassett Creek Cohousing was the name we used for our proposed community as of 2017. We hoped to locate at the north end of the new Van White Bridge over Bassett Creek in Minneapolis. We are seeking new neighbors who want to help us plan our urban oasis - But our location is yet to be determined. We want to be close to bike paths, parks, the Farmer's Market, a Rapid bus line or a Light rail station.
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What our community could look like...
We have compiled some images of built cohousing communities from which we might draw design inspiration. Cohousing communities vary in density depending on location while still having 20-30 units. This greatly effects possible designs. Layouts vary from townhouse-like ("turned inside out") on sites with enough land (about 2+ acres). These are most common in the US.
Some communities with small sites (about .5 acres) have apartment buildings with common space on the first floor. Some designs combine apartment style with some townhouse like units. An in between density layout is building around an atrium, also known as a glass covered street or around a smaller courtyard. Two Canadian communities with glass covered streets are Pacific Gardens and Windsong Cohousing Community.
Another design at Jamaica Plain Cohousing, Boston, Massachusetts has all units on 3 levels around a modest court yard. All units face the courtyard (no internal hallway). Instead they are connected with a walkway above and overlooking the courtyard. There is an elevator in the common house so the walkways at all levels make all units wheelchair visitable.
Some communities with small sites (about .5 acres) have apartment buildings with common space on the first floor. Some designs combine apartment style with some townhouse like units. An in between density layout is building around an atrium, also known as a glass covered street or around a smaller courtyard. Two Canadian communities with glass covered streets are Pacific Gardens and Windsong Cohousing Community.
Another design at Jamaica Plain Cohousing, Boston, Massachusetts has all units on 3 levels around a modest court yard. All units face the courtyard (no internal hallway). Instead they are connected with a walkway above and overlooking the courtyard. There is an elevator in the common house so the walkways at all levels make all units wheelchair visitable.