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Retrofitting Old Buildings with Prefab Facades

By Sharon Villines on 5 March 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Exterior insulating panels for old buildings

Retrofitting old buildings has become faster and less disruptive with a prefab, modular facade installed on top of an existing facade to instantly help the building save energy. And doing it while… Read More

My Grandmother’s House

By Sharon Villines on 3 March 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
My grandmother's house in 2021

My grandmother’s house was a white frame cottage, very neat and tidy, on the corner of two unpaved roads and with an outhouse in the backyard next to an apple tree. A… Read More

What is Cohousing? The Elevator Speech

By Sharon Villines on 5 February 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Raines Cohen headshot

Rains Cohen is a Cohousing Coach who lives in Berkeley Cohousing in California. He is asked about cohousing numerous times a day, partly because he wears a pin that says, “Ask Me… Read More

430 SF Apartment in Hong Kong

By Sharon Villines on 30 January 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
430 SF Apartment in Hong Kong

To create an airy atmosphere, this 430-square-foot apartment was renovated with a palette of natural materials and earthy colors. Some of the most inventively designed small living spaces are in Hong Kong… Read More

Is Consensus Decision-Making Hard?

By Sharon Villines on 26 January 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Musicians to demonstrate that we make consensus decisions all the time.

In cohousing communities, consensus decision-making is the standard. And the fearful question is “Is consensus decision-making hard?” In consensus decision-making,* all decision-makers work together to decide how the community will function, how… Read More

Investors are buying trailer parks

By Sharon Villines on 12 January 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Clackamas River Community Coop

An article from the Financial Times, 7 February 2020, is intriguing: “Why big investors are buying up American trailer parks. Amid an affordable housing crisis, residents are battling private equity and others over… Read More

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Strong Neighborhoods is inspired by the cohousing communities movement, neighborhoods built, maintained, and managed by the people who live in them; and Strong Towns, an amazing organization headed by Chuck Marron, a reborn engineer and city planner.

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