Co-housing? Have you heard of it? What is it? How does it work? Could it be for you?

Cohousing is a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and operation of their own neighborhoods.

Cohousing residents are consciously committed to living as a community. The physical design encourages both social contact and individual space. Private homes contain all the features of conventional homes, but residents also have access to extensive common facilities such as open space, courtyards, a playground and a common house.

Find out about cohousing coming to Omaha at the next meeting of the New Urbanism and Sustainable Development meetup group.

Check out these links to get briefed before the meeting:

Cohousing.org

Cohousing article from Wikipedia

We'll meet this Satruday, September 12 from 3-4 pm in the Creighton Center for Service and Justice (Harper Center, 602 N. 20th St.)

We hope to see you there!