Southside Park Cohousing is an urban infill cohousing community. We share common outdoor space and a common house, where we eat some dinners together, watch each other's kids, have meetings, and generally goof off together.
"The Clothesline Rule": The amount of time it takes to make a decision is inversely proportional to its importance"
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| setting |
legal structure
surroundings: big city
land ownership: self-owned
building ownership: self-owned
neighbors
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| population |
total number of people: 53
children (0-10): 7
teenagers (11-19): 8
adults (20-60)
seniors (61 and older): 2
females: 32
males: 21
people with disabilities: 6
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| housing |
number of buildings: 11
number of housing units: 25
number of bedrooms
house sharing: 2 or more units or families per building
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| sharing |
income sharing: none - all money is private
communal meals
communal food: most of food is not communal
tools and machinery: some tools and machines are shared
motor vehicles: vehicles are private property
bicycles: bicycles are private property
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| ethnicity |
ethnic diversity: open to all yet unintentionally not diverse
asian / pacific-islander: present
black / african-american: present
latino / hispanic: present
native-american / american-indian
white / caucasian: majority
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| spirituality |
spiritual diversity: very diverse
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| government |
common political theme: no official theme
selecting leaders or centrals: no leaders by principle
decision making: done by consensus
rules
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| activism |
party politics: some people
protests and demonstrations: some people
non-violent direct action: some people
cyber-activism: some people
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| sustainability |
self-grown food: 1%
organic food (grown+purchased): 20%
self-produced energy: 1%
waste which ends up being recycled: 40%
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| agriculture / garden |
crops or produce
fruit trees
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| diet preferences |
common diet: different diets are accommodated and welcome
omnivore
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| seeking people |
seeking people: not at this time, but keep in touch
people with children: welcome
people with disabilities: welcome
elderly people: welcome
single parents: welcome
need capital to join: yes
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| visitors |
prearrangements: contact a week or more in advance
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last updated 2003/08/20
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