Communities Directory: Community House

Forming Formed: 1997 Established: 1995

Community House

Cincinnati, Ohio,

United States

As a community we're learning to not take ourselves so seriously but God very seriously. An emerging focus among us is urban housing renewal. We've gained many valuable skills from our home renovation and maintenance business that we plan on using to acquire declining properties in economically depressed areas and convert them into low-rent, high-quality, professionally managed housing.

Another exciting, to us at least, project is also emerging at this time. Though we are a young community, we plan to launch a new community in another urban neighborhood close by. Ultimately we'd love to see community houses sprinkled throughout our city in many different neighborhoods.

Our daily life while certainly less exciting than the emerging projects is very rich in relationships, and we focus on following Christ's teachings as fully as we can. It's been fun trying to simplify our lives--less TV, more interaction. Being frugal has also been an adventure as we try to spend less on food costs, for example. We're close to our goal of spending only 50 cents per person per meal.

Cooperative living for us means exploring ways to live creatively and simply. All in all it's been great fun and full of meaning. We have some not so fun stories as well, but we'll share those over coffee when you visit.

Contact:

1757 Mills Ave
Cincinnati, Ohio 45212-2895 United States
Phone: 513-396-7202 x201

Former/Other Names: Vineyard Central Community House

This data is based on the FIC's Communities Directory 2000 edition, www.ic.org, and/or cohousing.org.

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Population Adult Members: 15 Child Members: 10 Open to new adults: Yes Open to new children: Yes Gender Balance: 47% M 27% F	Government Decision Making: By consensus Identified Leader: Yes Leadership Core Group: Yes	Labor and Money Financial Style: 100% income sharing Labor Contribution: Expected Join Fee: No
Land and Buildings Urban Area: 20 acres (8.1 hectares) Land Owned By: The community Land Owned By: Another form of Non-profit	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: none Share Community Meals: Nearly all dinners Dietary Practice: Omnivorous Alcohol Use: Seldom used Tobacco Use: Seldom used	Social Factors Shared Spiritual Path: Yes Which Spiritual Path(s): Protestant/Lutheran Educational Style(s): Home schooling :: Public schooled

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