Hello MDC peoples,
I have a brainstorm for an intentional community/cohousing situation in Minneapolis and am ISO like-minded families. In a nutshell, it is this: buy a building on a large plot of land (I'm thinking of a closed school building), redevelop the building into a cohousing community (like condos, but with people interested in living in community, and some shared community spaces), make it LEED or Minnesota GreenStar certified with solar, wind, green roofs, rainwater catchment, superinsulated structure, etc. Then, over time, grow into a permaculture-inspired urban CSA on the land, growing the food right in the city! We would maintain some green/play space for the neighborhood, everyone would be welcome, and offer some community garden plots for non-resident neighbors. In my total daydream version, there will eventually be a kitchen producing traditional foods for the CSA shares--kombucha, kimchi, kefir, and who knows what else! And then there will be a local/traditional foods restaurant in the back.......
There is a small group forming that I am involved with interested in just cohousing, but I am hoping to find some other folks who share my vision. I don't think *everyone* would have to be super into farming, but it would certainly help if most people at least thought it was great even if they weren't directly involved much.
Any takers??
: It would be so fantastic! (Or, if I am into the manifesting concept: "It *will* be so fantastic!") And unique!
I have a brainstorm for an intentional community/cohousing situation in Minneapolis and am ISO like-minded families. In a nutshell, it is this: buy a building on a large plot of land (I'm thinking of a closed school building), redevelop the building into a cohousing community (like condos, but with people interested in living in community, and some shared community spaces), make it LEED or Minnesota GreenStar certified with solar, wind, green roofs, rainwater catchment, superinsulated structure, etc. Then, over time, grow into a permaculture-inspired urban CSA on the land, growing the food right in the city! We would maintain some green/play space for the neighborhood, everyone would be welcome, and offer some community garden plots for non-resident neighbors. In my total daydream version, there will eventually be a kitchen producing traditional foods for the CSA shares--kombucha, kimchi, kefir, and who knows what else! And then there will be a local/traditional foods restaurant in the back.......
There is a small group forming that I am involved with interested in just cohousing, but I am hoping to find some other folks who share my vision. I don't think *everyone* would have to be super into farming, but it would certainly help if most people at least thought it was great even if they weren't directly involved much.
Any takers??
: It would be so fantastic! (Or, if I am into the manifesting concept: "It *will* be so fantastic!") And unique!
We have a large family and I do not know how well that would work in something like this.
