Cohousing In Arizona

A Tuscon cohousing community opens -- a "community in balance with nature."

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March 13, 2002, 2:00 PM PST

Unlike members of homeowners associations, Milagro residents make their own rules. Decisions, from what kind of plants to grow in their organic garden to how many rooms a house will have, are arrived at by consensus. Residents of the 28 units will own their individual homes but share ownership of the open space, community room and pool. What seems little more than a pastoral scene at the base of the Tucson Mountains is the result of years of effort. When the group purchased the property, it encountered opposition."

Thanks to Tom Collins

FULL STORY: Cohousing dream takes shape

Wednesday, March 13, 2002 in The Arizona Republic

Housing Arizona

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