Name: It's Saturday LIVE Takoma Village Cohousing! WDC, Sat. June 21, 1-3pm
Start: 2025-06-21T17:00:00.000Z
Location: Takoma Village Cohousing

INFORMATION MEETING on Zoom\*

**Wednesday May 28, 6:30 PM** (EST)

We are Altair EcoVillage, to be located on 8 acres near Philadelphia, PA.

**Imagine if you lived ...**

* in your own right-sized home, in a safe, accessible neighborhood where people know and care about each other
* in a place where you have as much privacy AND as much community as you want
* where you regularly share meals with your neighbors
* where you have independence and control over your life
* in an old-fashioned neighborhood designed to meet the physical and social needs of active adults
* where the energy bills are greatly reduced and ride-sharing is the norm
* where the members design and manage the community

This is senior cohousing, and this is our vision! We invite you to learn more, get to know us, and help make our vision a reality!
For those of you who have been following us, join us to see the Preliminary **Site Plans** we are submitting to the Township and look at our recent **exterior material selections**!

Click [RSVP](https://share.hsforms.com/1jFMMlVaRS7ulroRqKBso9Adgh7v) for the Link for the Zoom Link.
\* A link will be sent to you after you reserve a spot.

Chester County EcoVillage Meetup

Sue White

Altair Info Meeting

Online event

Join the regular monthly community virtual tour and open house of the **San Francisco East Bay's** biggest and most "suburban" cohousing neighborhood, **Pleasant Hill Cohousing** (PHCH), the first "new-build" intergenerational cohousing community in the region, the largest in the East Bay, and a lovely community.

RSVP here on MeetUp or directly via East Bay Cohousing’s website:
[https://www.ebcoho.org/ebcoho_phch_tour_20240303](https://www.ebcoho.org/ebcoho_phch_tour_20240303)
This long-established cohousing neighborhood has been hosting this tour every month for decades (*the first Sunday, except on holidays*), regardless of whether or not there are openings. The tour is the first step on the path to membership, helping potential neighbors learn more and pre-filter themselves by learning about the community and the next steps in the process.

Visit Pleasant Hill Cohousing's page on the region's group site, East Bay Cohousing, for more info, links, and current openings:
[https://www.ebcoho.org/Pleasant_Hill/](https://www.ebcoho.org/Pleasant_Hill/)

This event is part of the **Cohousing Open** network of regional MeetUp groups supporting forming and established communities and cohousing seekers. Learn more about how you can get involved at:

[https://www.CohousingOpen.org/](https://www.CohousingOpen.org/)

## For more on other California communities visit: [https://www.CalCoho.org/](https://www.CalCoho.org/)

**Facts about PHCH:**
There are 32 units, grouped in various configurations ranging from 2-6 homes per building. The buildings were constructed with wood framing, stucco outer walls, and corrugated metal roofing. The smallest units are 640 sq ft one-bedrooms; the largest are 1579 sq ft four-bedrooms.

Each home has its own kitchen. The homes are owned individually as condominiums, with some rentals.

**Common Areas**

Our 3,835 sq ft Common House contains a kitchen, dining room (*"great room"*), sitting room, laundry, kids room, teens/older kids room, crafts room, guest rooms, and bathrooms.

The Common House is the only building in the project built with air conditioning. However, to minimize the use of air conditioning, the building also has a cooling tower with large fans that can be used in the evening to pull cooler air into the building and push hot air out.

Other common facilities include swimming pool, hot tub, play area, workshop, bike shed, organic garden, and granite boulders from the original site - both decorative and used by children for climbing.

**Location**

We're conveniently located near Highway 680 and public transportation, with easy access to Walnut Creek, shopping, and recreation.

Pleasant Hill, population 32,000, is located 30 miles east of San Francisco, 4 miles north of the I-680/Hwy 24 interchange. Mostly a residential community with scattered retail/commercial areas, it is bounded by the cities of Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Concord, and Martinez. In 2000, Pleasant Hill redeveloped its downtown to create a contemporary shopping district just blocks from the site. In addition, an abundance of good restaurants and shops are within easy driving distance. The city has good recreation programs for all ages and regional walking/biking trails traverse it.

**Iron Horse Trail**

A walking and biking trail - the Iron Horse Trail (so named because it's on the old Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way) - runs alongside the site and connects to the Pleasant Hill BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station (\~1 mile) and downtown Walnut Creek (\~4 miles). The 24-mile trail goes north-south from Concord to Dublin and connects to several other trails that traverse the county making for great biking opportunities.

A neighborhood park is located just the other side of Fair Oaks Elementary School adjacent to the site. Briones Regional Park and Mt. Diablo State Park are located nearby providing numerous opportunities for hiking and recreation. There are several health clubs in Pleasant Hill including the YMCA.

Diablo Valley Community College and JFK University are located in Pleasant Hill, and there are several city and county adult education programs in the area.

There are farmers markets in Pleasant Hill (May-Nov) and Walnut Creek (year-round). Several community members participate in a CSA farm, with a weekly delivery of locally grown organic fruits and veggies made even more convenient because we are the drop site.

East Bay Cohousing - Berkeley/Oakland/E'ville

maggie

Maureen McSweeney

Pleasant Hill Cohousing (Northern CA-SF East Bay) Tour (Virtual)

* **Curious about cohousing** but don’t know where to start?
* Want to meet with cohousing **newbies** and **experts** alike?

This (free) monthly gathering, organized by the National Cohousing Association (Coho/US) will include a **Cohousing 101** presentation and ample time to **connect** and **ask questions**.

We’ll share cohousing **lingo**, **best practices** and more information on how to **continue your cohousing journey**.

Can't make it this time? No worries. Join us once, or every time – we’ll be here every month on the 10th at 10am MDT. (*9 AM Pacific, 11 CDT, 12 Eastern*)

Cohousing New England:Boston to Burlington/MA,ME,VT,NH,CT,NY

The Commons:A Monthly Gathering for the Cohousing Curious (Virtual, National)

Want to learn more about what it's like to build, join, and participate in cohousing as you age? The **Seniors in Cohousing Advocates Committee** of the National Cohousing Association (Coho/US) will be facilitating an informal conversation for those interested in senior cohousing and/or senior living in intergenerational cohousing. This (free) event will take place every month on the 20th at 10am Mountain Time.

See you there! If not today, then next month.

National Seniors in Cohousing monthly Q&A

Hey!

It's Saturday LIVE Takoma Village Cohousing! **A REAL IN-PERSON TOUR** of our community. Come learn about life at Takoma Village Cohousing during our IN-PERSON tour on Saturday, June 21, from 1:00–3:00 pm. This is the 1st of 2 in-person tours of 2025. Next one is in September. *But, do you REALLY want to wait that long?* Sign up now! (Virtual tours offered online in December 2025 and March 2026)

We'll provide a comprehensive introduction to Takoma Village, make time for Q&A, and show you our community's extensive common facilities as well as a couple of homes. Whether you are a **first-time home buyer**, a person or persons **looking to raise a family,** **a baby boomer** looking for community, or **an expat interested in green living,** this event is for you. Light refreshments will be served.

If you think you'd like to live at Takoma Village, check out the **[Guide for Prospective Residents](https://www.takomavillage.org/page/39042~755756/guide-for-prospective-residents)**[ ](https://www.takomavillage.org/page/39042~755756/guide-for-prospective-residents)on our website and **[contact us](https://takomavillage.org/Page/39042~754251/Public-Inquiries)**[ ](https://takomavillage.org/Page/39042~754251/Public-Inquiries)to request a schedule of meetings, social events, and work days you can attend to learn more about us. Follow us on **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TakomaVillageCohousing/)**[ ](https://www.facebook.com/TakomaVillageCohousing/)to get a glimpse of daily life here!

Take public transit to the event! We are 2 blocks from the Takoma Station on Metro's Red Line. Driving? Street parking is available in the neighborhood.

Washington DC Area Cohousing

Alicia

Ann Zabaldo

Bruce Jones

Holly

Pamela Linov

Karen

Patricia Demont

Molly

pearldell

Mary Donatelli

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