Bread and Roses Collective House :: Communities Directory

Formed: 1998 Established: 2004

This page last updated:1/14/2012

Bread and Roses Collective House

Syracuse, New York,

United States

The Bread and Roses Collective House provides a model of cooperative living, ecological sustainability, and affordable housing in the heart of the city.

We live in a beautiful old house on a quiet residential street in Syracuse, NY. We subscribe to the idea of "Food, not Lawns" and have an intensive kitchen garden out front, and a bathtub salad garden on our driveway. We also have two plots at the local community gardens and grow most of our own vegetables in the summer.

We are now in the middle of our renovation project to restore an 1890's house from a two-family rental unit back to a single family. It will be move-in ready in late spring 2012, making our collective into a two house community, joined physically by a half-acre of undeveloped land which now hosts eight raised beds, a six-bin compost system, and a collection of baby fruit trees, berry bushes and a growing native plant population.

We have a strong commitment to social justice activism and community participation. We have hosted or participated in workshops on consensus process and democratic decision making, food preservation, composting, bike fixing, making salves and lotion, natural dyes, and more! With our new house's location on a busy neighborhood street, we hope to increase our educational and community outreach programs.

Website: http://www.breadandrosescollective.org

Contact:

Bread and Roses Collective House
Cambridge St
Syracuse, New York 13210 United States

Links:

http://www.facebook.com/breadandrosescollective: We're revamping our website, until it's back online, visit our facebook page!

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This page last updated:1/14/2012

Visitors Accepted

Visitor Process: Send us an email; we can schedule a time for you to visit and see the house. Sunday evenings for potluck are best, but we also welcome overnight guests and other arrangements. Occasionally there may be a bed available, but sleeping arrangements will usually involve a couch or sleeping bag.

Affiliations: Nickel City Housing Cooperative

:: Common Place Land Cooperative

:: Ant Hill Cooperative

Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:

Our community does not discriminate in regards to housing based on race/color, national origin, religion, sex/gender, family status (i.e. having children, not having children, or being pregnant), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, source of income, age, creed, personal appearance, political affiliation, HIV infection, military/veteran status, unfavorable military discharge, gender identity or expression, receiving public assistance, or being the victim of domestic abuse.

Population Members(adults and children): 9 Non-member Residents: 0 Open to new members: Yes (We expect to have roughly 5 openings around May/June 2012)	Government Decision Making: By consensus Identified Leader: No Leadership Core Group: Yes	Labor and Money Financial Style: Members have independent finances (We purchase all food and household items collectively.) Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt: Yes Labor Contribution: Expected (Expected contribution estimated to be 15-20 hours/month, including: a routine house chore, Sunday cooking rotation, shopping rotation, garden/compost project, maintenance projects, community workshops, and serving on at least one committee.) Join Fee: No Regular Fees: Yes (Monthly expenses + sliding-scale supplemental funds)
Land and Buildings Urban Area: 0.8 acres (0.3 hectares) Land Owned By: Another form of Non-profit (We are a non-exempt not for profit.) Number of Residences: 2 (The second house is currently being renovated with the hopes of accepting new members in Spring 2012.) Cohousing: No	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: 6-20% Share Community Meals: 1 time/week (We all eat together for the potluck. Weekday meals tend to be with whoever happens to be around at the time.) Dietary Choice or Restrictions: There are some dietary restrictions (Vegetarian. No cooking of meat in the house.) Dietary Practice: Vegetarian only (All common food is vegetarian, common meals are primarily vegan, but local eggs and dairy are purchased.) Alcohol Use: Used occasionally Tobacco Use: Seldom used (No smoking in the house)	Social Factors Common Spiritual Practices: No Which Spiritual Traditions(s): Paganism/Earth Religions (Atheists too!)

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