Category Archives: Community Education and Planning

Preparing for spring

January 21, 2009 – 7:22 pm

One of the joys of January is poring over seed catalogs as they arrive with their promises of beautiful, bounteous yields of homegrown produce. I love to sit by the woodstove on a frigid winter’s evening and contemplate the potential merits of varieties of veggies and herbs I have not grown before versus tried and [...]

By Bruce Anderson | Also posted in Agriculture, Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Making wise home energy investments

November 25, 2008 – 1:06 pm

For most people, their house is not only their home, it’s also their single largest investment. Investments in our homes have been taking a battering with falling home values the past couple of years, but there is another way to make a nearly sure-fire investment in your home: investing in home energy efficiency. Natural gas [...]

By Bruce Anderson | Also posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

One day until Getting It Built Cohousing Workshop early registration deadline

October 23, 2008 – 1:28 pm

It’s only one day until the early registration deadline for the November 8th-9th Getting It Built Cohousing Workshop! This is a golden opportunity to get an intensive introduction to what it takes to get a cohousing project built from cohousing pioneers Katie McCamant and Chuck Durrett, who have been involved in the design and development [...]

By Bruce Anderson | Also posted in Cohousing, Community Energy Project Development | Comments (1)

Cohousing pioneers coming to Northfield!

October 10, 2008 – 7:19 am

Buffalo Commons Cohousing is thrilled to be bringing nationally renowned cohousing pioneers Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett (of CoHousing Partners and McCamant & Durrett Architects) to Northfield for two cohousing educational events.
The Cohousing Association of the United States describes cohousing as

“a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and [...]

By Bruce Anderson | Also posted in Cohousing | Comments (0)

Buffalo Commons Village: Enthusiastic response to cohousing concept

May 2, 2008 – 6:04 am

There was an overflow crowd of interested, energized folks at Wednesday evening’s cohousing exploratory meeting at the Northfield Public Library. About 35 to 40 mostly local attendees put up with my presentation, then discussed whether a local cohousing project on land adjacent to the Northfield city limits should be explored further. By evening’s end, 15 [...]

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