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1	Retrofit Cohousing Communites List 2015
2	Name	State	City	Type	Timing	Dir:	Units	Adults	Kids	Acres	Formed	Estab	CH	Legal	Link	Notes

3	Berkeley Cohousing	CA	Berkeley	Ret-1	over time	rt	15	34	9	0.8	1992	1994	*	HOA	Link	CH:"no/2000 sq ft" now consists of 15 units (14 plus one associate member household nextdoor) mainly cottages and duplexes scattered around a green
4	Doyle St	CA	Emeryville	struc	at once	cm	12	28	9	0.3	1990	1992	y		Link	Six units and a common house are retrofitted into a brick industrial building, while three townhouse units make up an all-new building
5	Golden Gate Cohousing	CA	Oakland			no	9	8	2		2011			TIC	Link-	(not listed in cohousing.org or ic.org directories under this name)
6	Halcyon Commons	CA	Berkeley	Ret-1	over time	no					1992				Link	cooperative 5-plex within a cooperative urban block
7	Hidden Creek Cohousing	CA	Oakland	Ret-1	over time	cm	4			0.5	2005		y		Link	CH:"no/2000 sq ft" four units on a half acre, share a laundry room, bike storage, tools, garden. We completed our condo conversions (meaning all members now own their own units) in October, 2007.
8	Kingfisher on Brookdale	CA	Oakland	Ret-2	over time	rt	9	10	2	0.3	2006	2013	n		Link	formerly North Oakland Coho. bought a 9-unit apartment complex with a common house...plan is for members to move in as existing tenants naturally move out
9	Los Angeles Eco-Village	CA	Los Angeles		over time	rt	45	40*		1	1985	1993			Link	25 non-member residents. 40-member group within a two-block nbhd of about 500 people. 45 unit limited equity housing coop and Community Land Trust. acquired two buildings
10	Mariposa Grove	CA	Oakland		over time	no	8	16	5	0.4	1999	1999			Link	Mariposa Grove is a residential intentional community in North Oakland
11	N Street Cohousing	CA	Davis	Ret-1	over time	cm	18	61	16	3	1988	1986	y*	PUD*	Link	new CH in 2005. Legal Struct:PUD prevents fences from being rebuilt or encroachment into easement
12	New Brighton Cohousing	CA	Aptos	Ret-1	over time	cm	11	17	2	0.9	2001	2007			Link	11 individually owned 2-story townhomes in 3 buildings, and one 11 individually owned 2-story townhomes in 3 buildings, and one
13	Renaissance Village Homes	CA	Sacramento			fm					2013				Link	considering retrofit
14	S F Backyard ...	CA	San Francisco		over time	rt					2011				Link-	defunct (personal correspondence 3/25/15) Link remains active in case of revival
15	San Mateo Ecovillage	CA	San Mateo	Ret-2	at once	rt	8	20		1	1998	1998			Link	most rent in 2 four unit buildings owned by founders, extensive garden
16	Temescal Commons Cohousing	CA	Oakland		over time	cm	9*	26	10	0.4	1996	2000	y		Link	4 new homes and common house
17	Temescal Creek Cohousing	CA	Oakland	Ret-1	over time	cm	12	20	11*	0.75	1999	1999			Link	11 kids includes 2 college students. Subject of article: http://www.cohousing.org/cm/article/temescal
18	The Orchard	CA	Oakland			no	4				2012			none	Link*	Link is to Facebook page that requires log in. In Angela Sanguinetti study.
19	Tortuga	CA	Mountain View	Ret-2	at once	no	8	13	3	0.3	2005	2007		TIC	Link	In November 2006, we purchased two adjacent fourplexes, for a total of eight two-bedroom apartments.
20	Triple Point Cohousing	CA	Oakland	Ret-1	over time	rt	6	11	2	1	2005	2005			Link	We’re a retrofit cohousing community of six cottages, nine friends, two kids, and two dogs.
21	Boulder Creek Community	CO	Boulder	Ret-2	over time	cm	16	15	0	13*					Link	operate within an existing, large condominium complex (Gold Run) that supports multiple forms of involvement. area: "13 shared acres"
22	Mayfair village of Denver	CO	Denver	Ret-1	over time	rt	19	39		1.2	2005				Link	There are 19 one- and two bedroom 1940s brick townhouses around half of a city block. There is room for expansion
23	Green Acres Nbhd Ecovillage	IN	Bloomington	Ret-1	over time	rt	3				2011	2011			Link	within the boundaries of an established suburban neighborhood. We are ... inspired by N Street Cohousing
24	Ames Cohousing	IA	Ames			no									Link-	defunct? was in 2003 directory
25	Newton Retrofit Cohousing	MA	Newton			no									Link-	defunct? was in 1997 directory with tag: Forming
26	Genesee Gardens Cohousing	MI	Lansing	Ret-1	over time	rt	11	16*	6		2002	2003			Link	updated 2012 2004: former name: Lansing Cohousing. 4 non-member residents
27	Andersen Lane Cohousing	MN	Minneapolis	Ret-1		no					1994		n		Link	defunct. Group decided not to proceed when several properties could not be acquired at the beginning.
28	Homewood Cohousing	MN	Minneapolis	Ret-1	over time	rt	2	5	2	0.2	1996		n		Link	block club with cohousing-like goals
29	Monterey Cohousing	MN	St. Louis Park	Ret-2	at once	cm	15	22	4	2.5	1991	1992	y	coop*	Link	Cooperative ownership for mansion, condo association for townhomes, and a master association that covers both
30	Dorothy Day Cohousing	MO	St. Louis			no	11			0.9					Link-	Catholic Worker Co-Housing Community, which thrived in St. Louis between 2000-2005
31	Enright Ridge Urban EV	OH	Cincinnati	Ret-1	over time	no	32*				2004	2004	y		Link	located on a 3/4 mile long dead-end street with 80 houses and 90 households 40% of the residents are involved with the eco-village 30% are open and 30% indifferent
32	Terra Firma Drummond Coho	ON	Ottawa		over time	no	7			0.5		1999	y		Link	Canadian so not in Directory. small cohousing project located in the centre of the city. 2012: built an infill between the two buildings which houses a seventh unit and our common space
33	Kailash Ecovillage	OR	Portland	Ret-2	at once	no									Link	sustainably focused ... two-acre site, mainly 30 one-bedroom apartments
34	On Going Concerns	OR	Portland	Ret-1	over time	no									Link-	Urban Cooperative Block from seven existing houses on Going Street in the inner city, mixed-race, low-income neighborhood of Sabin in Portland
35	Peninsula Park Commons	OR	Portland	Ret-2		cm	9	12	8	0.3	2004	2004	*	HOA	Link	a seven-unit apartment building CH: "no/500 sq ft"
36	Borland Green Ecovillage	PA	Pittsburgh	Ret-1	at once	no	7				2011				Link-	Common space owned by [CDC]. 2011 on C-L: "a non-profit CDC that bought a 7-unit row house in foreclosure"
37	Fifth Street Commons	WA	Langley	Ret-2	at once	no	16				2012		y		Link-	"transformed an existing 16-unit apartment complex" enlarged and converted laundry building into a Common House
38	North Seattle Retrofit Coho	WA	Seattle			no										defunct? 2004:Forming fitzhugh@seanet.com (206)-417-0422
39	Fair Oaks Cohousing	WA	Madison			no	6			0.5					Link-	defunct? 2004:Retrofitting krwilson@bigfoot.com, lavendel@bigfoot.com 608-249-3569
40	Arboretum Cohousing	WI	Madison		at once	cm	40	77	10	2.1	2003	2008			Link	9 units retrofit 31 units new construction
41	Village Cohousing	WI	Madison		at once	cm	18	32	8	0.7	1992	1999	y		Link	18 units in all, 15 in three newly constructed buildings and three in two existing houses on half of a city block
42	Name	State	City	Type	Timing	Dir:	Units	Adults	Kids	Acres	Formed	Estab	CH	Legal	Link	Notes
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44	About format:		Send updates to Fred Olson: fholson [at] cohousing.org
45	* means see notes
46	Type: ret-1 = retrofit in existing single family
47	_____ret-2 = retrofit in existing multi-family
48	_____struc = renovation of non housing structure
49	Timing over time = Classical retrofit cohousing like N Street grow by the inclusion of existing houses over time
50	_______at once = Some communities include existing houses as part of a major one time project
51	Dir=in 2015 cohousing.org directory: no=not in dir, rt=retrofitting, cp=completed, fm=forming, in=infilling
52	Units thru Established: data from community's page at			ic.org
53	CH=commonhouse
54	Dir="Status" as of Mar 2015 in	cohousing.org directory		rt=retrofitting, no=not in dir, cp=completed, fm=forming, in=infilling
55	Legal=Legal Structure. TIC=Tenancy in common PUD=Planned Unit Development HOA=Home Owner Assn.
56	Link: link to a website with more info of community, usually at ic.org "Link-" indicates non ic.org link. Note that ic.org pages have link to community's own web page.
57	Note that cohousing.org directory has a link to community's page at cohousing.org
58	__That page has link labeled: "complete community listing on the FIC Communities Directory" to community's page at ic.org
59	__Both cohousing.org and ic.org pages usually have link to community's own web site.