Professional Services
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Cohousing professionals can include architects, developers, facilitators, development
consultants, marketers, trainers, and others. The following professionals are interested
in providing services to forming groups and existing communities. The Canadian Cohousing Network does not screen professional listings in any way and inclusion is not a CCN endorsement. We accept no responsibility for the consequences of hiring any of the professionals listed below. We STRONGLY ADVISE that you request and check references before making hiring decisions. |
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Cohousing Development Consulting Ronaye Matthew has over 30 years experience in residential development, marketing and construction. She has provided start-up and development management services for most of the completed cohousing communities in Canada. Ronaye works with groups from the initial forming stage to move-in. She knows what it takes to support a group to ground their vision in reality and generate the membership and financial resources required to move forward and get the project built in a time and cost efficient manner. Ronaye is a founding member of the Canadian Cohousing Network and lives at Cranberry Commons Cohousing. |
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Alan Carpenter Alan Carpenter has 25 years experience in residential design and construction. He is a regular presenter and guest speaker at many Community Development and Housing related seminars, workshops and programs. Alan is one of North America's foremost experts on cohousing and is co-founder of the U.S. based Cohousing Network and Canadian Cohousing Network. Alan was involved in the creation of WindSong Cohousing in Langley, B.C., completed in 1996, and he currently lives there. |
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Coville Challenge Marc Paradis, Coville Challenge Inc has been involved in the construction and development of $60-80 million worth of projects over the last 30 years and in cohousing when it first came to Canada in the early 1990's while living in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. He has been living in Prairie Sky Cohousing in Calgary Alberta since 2004 and has been promoting cohousing and assisting start up groups for many years. He has undertaken numerous presentations and media events about cohousing and conducted workshops to assist groups through various phases of their development. Most recently he is focusing his considerable energy and expertise on the development of cohousing in a more vital and dynamic way. In addition to providing presentations, workshops and project management services to cohousing groups, Coville is taking a more proactive role as a developer of cohousing. |
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