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Formed: 1999 Established: 1999
Boston Community Cooperatives
Somerville, Massachusetts,
United States
 Boston Community Cooperatives (BCC) is a 501(c)3 organization formed to build community through cooperative living, member education, neighborhood improvement and collective action. Members participate in a no-equity model of communally owned, democratically controlled and affordable residential cooperatives.
Currently, BCC has one rental co-op (BCC rents from a landlord), the Millstone Co-op in Somerville MA. Millstone is an 8 person vegetarian household.
BCC is in the middle of purchasing a house in Fields Corner, Dorchester, which would be a 12-person cooperative (yet unnamed). If this exciting project goes through, there will be a number of openings in both of the BCC houses in the spring of 2005.
 
Website: http://www.bostoncoop.net/bcc
Contact:
102 Morrison Ave
Apt 2
Somerville, Massachusetts 02144 United States
Phone: 617-718-9285
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Last Updated:3/8/2005
 
Visitors Accepted
Visitor Process: Please contact us at bcc-housing@bostoncoop.net, or contact one of our member houses directly. If you contact BCC, we will try to put you in touch with a member house. Different houses may have different policies or expectations regarding guests. Please respect any guidelines set up in the BCC houses you visit.
Affiliations: Millstone Co-op

Network Affiliations:
NASCO, CCDC
Population
Adult Members:
9
Child Members:
0
Non-member Residents:
2
Open to new adults:
Yes
Open to new children:
Yes
(NASCO, CCDC)
Government
Decision Making:
By consensus
Identified Leader:
No
Leadership Core Group:
No
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
Members have independent finances
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(Houses divide labor in different ways. Generally about 5 hours per week.)
Join Fee:
Yes
(There is a member fee which each member pays upon joining, and is refunded upon leaving.)
Regular Fees:
No
Land and Buildings
Urban
Number of Residences:
1
(As of 3/2005, we are in the middle of forming a second house.)
Cohousing:
No
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
1-5%
Share Community Meals:
2-5 times/week
(Different houses have different community meals.)
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
There are some dietary restrictions
(Dietary choices are made by house.)
Dietary Practice:
Primarily vegetarian
Alcohol Use:
Used occasionally
Tobacco Use:
Prohibited
(Smoking is not allowed in the house.)
Social Factors
Open to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender members:
Yes
Shared Spiritual Path:
No
 
 


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