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Re-Forming Formed: 1998

East Bay Cohousing

Oakland/ Berkeley/ San Leandro/ El Cerrito/ Richmond/ etc., California,

United States

(Search area centered around NW Alameda County)

Welcome to East Bay Cohousing (EBCOHO). We're a decade-strong umbrella regional group providing outreach, community, and education, hosting core groups creating cohousing in the Urban East Bay, and linking to the many established communities as well as helping people start new ones.

Check out our events calendar, featuring regular tours (including an affordable aging-friendly-communities bus tour May 2 at a $20 discount to paid EBCOHO members), education about affordable housing cooperatives, movies about community (including the world premiere of FIC’s “Visions of Utopia” Part 2 on May 5), visits from notable communitarian authors and movement leaders, workshops that can help folks get started in creating community, slide shows, community visits, field trips, and more.

We were part of a Northern California Cohousing Sustainable Communities booth at the Green Festival in San Francisco last November, and we participated in a Cohousing California booth at last year’s SolFest Solar Living Expo, as well as Berkeley’s Earth Day and Oakland’s Earth Expo, and the regional Maker Faire.

EBCOHO members get to hear about new communities and openings in existing ones first, so join us to get the scoop, and subscribe to our mailing list to stay informed.

Website: http://www.ebcoho.org/

Contact:

East Bay Cohousing clubhouse
2105 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Berkeley, California 94704 United States
Phone: 510-868-1627

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

Former/Other Names: Berkeley/Oakland CoHousing,EBCOHO,Kangaroo Cohousing, Altura Place, Oaktown

Last Updated:4/20/2009

Visitors Accepted

(at open meetings/info sessions/orientations)

Visitor Process: Join our MeetUp group, check our calendar, RSVP, and we'll see you there, at our office, or elsewhere.

Affiliations: Temescal Creek Cohousing

:: Temescal Commons Cohousing

:: Swan's Market Cohousing

:: Pleasant Hill Cohousing

:: Mariposa Grove

:: Doyle Street

:: Berkeley Cohousing

:: Hidden Creek Cohousing

:: Triple Point Cohousing

Network Affiliations:

Coho/US

:: Fellowship for Intentional Community

:: Northwest Intentional Communities Association

:: Cohousing California,Northern California Cohousing,

Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:

No Answer Provided

Population Open to new members: Yes	Government Decision Making: By a group of elders or other leaders (Paid members and core-group leaders have the most say in our decisions, but most projects are entrepreneurial and up to the individuals choosing to pursue them.) Identified Leader: Yes (Cohousing Coaches Raines Cohen and Betsy Morris have been running the group of late, investing to make good things happen.) Leadership Core Group: Yes (At-large members are consulted regularly in the planning process. Individual core groups form around particular site and use consensus or whatever process they decide on.)	Labor and Money Financial Style: Members have independent finances Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt: Yes (if you can get a bank mortgage to finance your unit, or alternative financing) Labor Contribution: (The more involved you are, the more you get out of the group. There are lots of outreach/tabling opportunities.) Join Fee: No Regular Fees: Yes (Getting on our list is free, but to avoid meeting fees, members pay $10 a month or $100 a year and get benefits including discounts, books, and coaching.)
Land and Buildings Urban (some members are pursuing more-rural options in the far reaches of the East Bay and North Bay, but most potential sites are urban) Cohousing: Yes (We are an umbrella group helping people come together as core groups to pursue both retrofit (organic) and new-build sites.)	Food, etc. Percentage of Food Grown: none (some of the forming and existing affiliated groups grow a little of their own food.) Share Community Meals: 1-3 times/month (We do potlucks at monthly socials/educational meetings, while in the planning stage.) Dietary Choice or Restrictions: Diet is up to each individual Dietary Practice: Omnivorous Alcohol Use: Seldom used Tobacco Use: Prohibited (sorry, no smoking in the East Bay Cohousing clubhouse. In your own community, you can make the rules.)	Social Factors Common Spiritual Practices: No

Cohousing Details

Cohousing Status:

Seeking Site

(Other affiliated communities in our area have sites and are complete, while we support forming groups with and without sites.)

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