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Here are some of my favorite ways to nurture community in my life:
Stay in touch with friends. Bless your house (or your local spot) with the sound of laughter.
Host a gathering. Block club parties bring surprising conversations. Try a local food potluck, eatlocalamerica.coop.
Join a Committee. Volunteer with your congregation, school, political campaign, or environmental club and meet new friends.
Community Building is Sustainability
Turning lemons into lemonade. By joining hands with neighbors, communities are turning lemons into lemonade.
City Habitat
Includes Listing of Local Community Gardens
There is little agreement about the definition of a community garden, probably because the most important goal of such places is to create a healthy community rather than a healthy crop of flowers, vegetables or fruit trees. Betsy Johnson of Garden Futures in Boston defines them this way: Community Gardens are community spaces that are communally cultivated and cared for; these spaces may consist of individually-worked plots, multiple person caretaker areas, sitting areas, and small-scale children play areas.
CO-HOUSING
Includes Listing of Co-housing in Minnesota
Co-operative Housing
Includes Listing of Co-op Housing in Minnesota
--From www.co-ophousingcoalition.org
From the outside, a housing co-op looks like any other townhouse development or apartment building. But, a housing co-op is different - here's how:
Owned by Members
The residents of a housing co-op are members of the co-op corporation which owns the whole property. The co-op provides a unit (townhouse or apartment) to a member household. A household can consist of one or more adults - with or without children. Members do not own their own units.
