Find Yourself at our Scavenger Hunt
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 —
Join us at
our Open House on Sunday, June 14, from 2-4 pm at the
Cohousing Farmhouse at 45 Edgecomb Road, off Rt. 3,
two miles west of downtown Belfast. Families are
invited on a Scavenger Hunt to explore the area where
the community will be built. On display in the
Farmhouse will be schematics for the community’s
Common House and preliminary home plans in our
affordable, environmentally-sustainable,
farming-based neighborhood-in-the-works. Take a look
at the plans, then get your map to find the location
of the future Common House and private homes, as well
as the barn, shop, road, and soccer field. Collect a
sticker from each location on the map and get a
prize! The event is free and open to the public.
National Public Radio recently headlined an article on Cohousing, calling it The New American Dream. A resident of a newly built cohousing development in Massachusetts described why it made so much economic sense to live in community with 34 other households. “We don't have 34 lawnmowers. We're going to have two neighborhood riding lawnmowers, and that's all the lawnmowers we're going to have… I think that people are looking for ways to save money. And I think that this is one way that you could go ahead and do that.” More important to this resident was how people will live in community: “In cohousing we expect people to talk to each other as the first way to resolve conflicts and problems…. I feel like I've been completely changed by this experience. It has taught me to not be so isolated. It has taught me to both help other people, and to allow other people to help me. It has taught me over and over again that I can rely on other people, that I don't need to do it alone.” These are sentiments are shared by future residents of Belfast’s Cohousing community.
So come on down, pick up the Scavenger Hunt map at the Farmhouse and walk the land with us. Maybe this future community is just the right move for you and your family!
National Public Radio recently headlined an article on Cohousing, calling it The New American Dream. A resident of a newly built cohousing development in Massachusetts described why it made so much economic sense to live in community with 34 other households. “We don't have 34 lawnmowers. We're going to have two neighborhood riding lawnmowers, and that's all the lawnmowers we're going to have… I think that people are looking for ways to save money. And I think that this is one way that you could go ahead and do that.” More important to this resident was how people will live in community: “In cohousing we expect people to talk to each other as the first way to resolve conflicts and problems…. I feel like I've been completely changed by this experience. It has taught me to not be so isolated. It has taught me to both help other people, and to allow other people to help me. It has taught me over and over again that I can rely on other people, that I don't need to do it alone.” These are sentiments are shared by future residents of Belfast’s Cohousing community.
So come on down, pick up the Scavenger Hunt map at the Farmhouse and walk the land with us. Maybe this future community is just the right move for you and your family!
