Butterside Down Cooperative :: Communities Directory

Formed: 2008 Established: 2008

This page last updated:11/16/2011

Butterside Down Cooperative

Worcester, Massachusetts,

United States

Butterside Down is a housing cooperative founded in 2008 in Worcester, Massachusetts. As a housing cooperative, we are a group of people who live and enjoy together, share in household chores and expenses, as well as communal libations and enjoyments.

Butterside Down is, however, far more than a group of people living together. We locate ourselves and our home at the intersection of multiplicities of local, regional, and global struggles and movements for a greater world. We understand our cooperative as an alternative to, and act of resistance against, the neoliberal corporate globalization and the genocidal and ecocidal destruction of human-ecological communities that it necessarily entails.

We understand that the act of living cooperatively, and learning to live cooperatively, is an ecological, political, social, and economic process that is far more broad and expansive than the simple logistics of a group of people sharing a roof. Our members are dedicated to both the theory of cooperativism as well as the daily practice of living in-relationship with each other.

Understanding that each of us are historical beings shaped by a society and political-economy that teaches, values, and rewards an individualistic and fragmented social life, we recognize that cooperation is not a way of life that we have been brought up to live. As a result, we see our living situation as an opportunity and continual process of improving our cooperative abilities and sensabilities.

Website: http://www.bsdcoop.net

Contact:

16 Birch Street Worcester, MA 01610
Phone: 7175743909, 7175743909

Community location is placed at the center of the zip/postal code, city/state, or city/country (not based on street addresses)

This page last updated:11/16/2011

Visitors Accepted

Visitor Process: contact us at coop@bsdcoop.net for questions about visiting

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.

Because our housing is a single housing unit and requires the sharing of bathroom, kitchen and common space membership/residency may be restricted based on sex/gender in accordance with the law. Our community does not discriminate based on race/color, national origin, religion, 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 domestic abuse.

Population Members(adults and children): 7 Non-member Residents: 0 Open to new members: Yes	Government Decision Making: By consensus Identified Leader: No Leadership Core Group: No	Labor and Money Labor Contribution: Expected Join Fee: No Regular Fees: Yes (Petty Cash, Rent, Utilities, Taxes, etc.)
Land and Buildings Urban Land Owned By: An absentee landlord Number of Residences: 1

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