www.cohousingconsulting.ca
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.
www.cohousingconnections.ca
Sarah Arthurs with Cohousing Connections is a resident of Prairie Sky Cohousing, graduate of the 500 Communities Program and an affiliate of CoHousing Solutions. She is currently working on cohousing projects with Katie McCamant.
Cohousing Connections brings together potential cohousers with developers who see the social and business benefit of cohousing. CC works with local stakeholders to secure a site and then builds the buyers group through a series of participatory design workshops. Sarah would love to know what you are working on and to explore how she can help you make cohousing happen.
cohousingoptions.ca
Cohousing Options Canada is a 360º non-profit cohousing consultancy that assembles all the different ingredients needed to build sustainable cohousing communities.
We offer workshops, training, advisory, marketing and project development services leveraging expertise provided by our in-house team and through collaboration with local partners and international experts.
In addition to our core services we are working with the Community Wealth Fund to make cohousing home ownership financially more accessible through the creation of community loans and second mortgages.
www.cohousing-solutions.com
CoHousing Solutions provides development consulting and marketing services to help you create your cohousing community. Our team pioneered the development of cohousing in North America, and we have helped create dozens of successful, award-winning communities. Led by Katie McCamant, cofounder of the North American cohousing movement, CoHousing Solutions draws on over 30 years of cohousing experience, and is frequently the first professional that a group will hire. Katie offers consulting services on all phases of development including: group formation, site search/acquisition, project feasibility, development budgets, investments and loans, hiring and facilitating professional partnerships, design programming, homeowners associations, project/construction management.
www.facdarchitects.com
Fitch Architecture and Community Design (FACD) is one of the most respected and experienced cohousing firms in North America. Laura Fitch discovered her interest in cohousing while studying in Denmark in 1980. As 25+ year resident in Pioneer Valley Cohousing, she offers unique insight into the group dynamics that affect the design process.
Cohousing and sustainable living / design are what Laura has chosen both personally and professionally and she brings great enthusiasm and inspiration to FACD’s work with communities. We offer everything from short consults and design programming workshops to a full range of design and development services.
Contact: info@facdarchitects.com
www.hiveandhouse.ca
Hive & House believes living in community can make the world a better place. In terms of cohousing, we provide education and guidance on how to move forward.
Located in the BC Lower Mainland, our team provides services to cohousing groups, primarily in the areas of community building, group process, financial planning and project management.
The three Hive & House partners are Marta Carlucci, Lysa Dixon and Mackenzie Stonehocker. From their experience in their own cohousing communities, they bring a range of skills and expertise to their professional work, including group facilitation, member recruitment, financial feasibility, cohousing design, and municipal approvals.
For more info, contact: hiveandhouse@gmail.com or phone Lysa (604-817-1751), Marta (604-910-5552) or Mackenzie (604-366-5096)
communityandconsensus.blogspot.com
Laird’s work is rooted in 40 years of community living and 30 years of working with consensus-based groups. He’s worked with more than 100 communities, specializing in up-tempo meeting facilitation, conflict, and organizational structure. Key to his approach is welcoming the full range of human responses—including emotional, intuitive, and kinesthetic—in recognition that people know, process, and transmit information in a variety of ways. He’s pioneered a two-year facilitation training program that he’s delivered 12 times all across North America, to more than 100 students. There are currently new courses starting in BC, New England, and North Carolina.
Laird Schaub, 1014 Chester Park Dr, Duluth MN 55812
Phone: 218-724-3732, Email: laird@ic.org
www.livewellcohousing.ca
The Cohousing Challenge: Far too many cohousing projects in BC and across Canada have been vastly over budget or forged through the drama of having to make extremely difficult compromises on quality to get the project built.
The Solution: It is time to change the way cohousing communities are built. Gary Morrison has over 25 years experience working in the real estate development industry, and has spent the last 15 years helping non-profits and public sector agencies plan and launch projects. Gary brings large firm training and experience to cohousing – following streamlined processes and methodologies to deliver real estate projects without drama and surprises.
For more info contact: hello@LiveWellCohousing.ca
www.marykrausarchitect.com
As one of the original cohousing architects in North America, I have worked with cohousing communities across the continent since 1990, in both English and French. From Cohabitat Québec in Québec City to Bartimaeus Cohousing in Washington State, I have helped future neighbors to articulate their goals, make design decisions together, and bring their dreams into form. I have developed an effective and enjoyable methodology for participatory design, collaborating with your local architect and facilitating design workshops with an approach that helps you build strong social bonds in the process of designing your community.
www.cohousingco.com
McCamant & Durrett Architects is a full-service architecture firm that specializes in designing Cohousing Communities. For over 30 years, the firm has designed state-of-the-art neighborhoods, including Muir Commons in Davis, California, which was the first Cohousing Community in North America. McCamant & Durrett Architects is recognized globally for their innovative approach to housing and has won numerous awards, including the World Habitat Award presented by the United Nations. McCamant & Durrett Architects offers workshops, trainings, and public presentations on cohousing, project feasibility and educational design, in addition to a complete range of architecture and design services.