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Creating an Affordable Cohousing Community -- Course Info Session

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July 8 | 1-2pm Eastern

Creating an Affordable Cohousing Community — Course Info Session

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Learn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Creating an Affordable CoHousing Community, starting on July 16th.

Can you imagine a world where everyone had access to affordable, healthy and connected neighborhoods? This is no pipe dream. There is a proven model that has been implemented in cohousing communities across the US and around the world. In this intensive 5-week course, you’ll learn from the leading architect and builder of cohousing communities globally. Charles Durrett will impart his decades of experience so that you can finance and maintain the affordability of your dream residential community.

What you’ll learn from the Info Session:

  • Whether or not this course is a good fit for you
  • About the course instructor and their expertise
  • Information regarding the course structure, schedule, pricing, etc.
  • And the answers to any additional questions you have!

REGISTER NOW

Course Instructor

Charles Durrett

Charles Durrett and his team at Durrett Architects have designed more than 50 cohousing communities in the United States and around the world, including Muir Commons in Davis, California, the first cohousing community in North America. Durrett, with Kathryn McCamant, introduced the concept of cohousing to the United States with the seminal book Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves. The latest edition is Creating Cohousing, Building Sustainable Communities. He has written several other books on cohousing, including Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Independent Living—The Handbook.

Durrett has received numerous awards, which include the World Habitat Award presented by the United Nations, the Silver Achievement Award for Active Adult Community by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 50+ Housing Council, the Silver Energy Value Housing Award by NAHB, the Mixed Use/Mixed Income Development Award presented jointly by the American Institute of Architects and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and a recipient of the Global Over 50’s Housing/Healthcare award. He was also recently declared as a “visionary of the Sierras” by the Sierra Business Council.

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The Online Event Experience

Live Zoom Sessions

Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants.

Affordable and Accessible

All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.

Watch the Recording

You’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you.

Loved by Community Builders

What a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia

I am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden

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Creating an Affordable Cohousing Community -- Course Info Session

Description

July 8 | 1-2pm Eastern

Creating an Affordable Cohousing Community — Course Info Session

REGISTER NOW

Learn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Creating an Affordable CoHousing Community, starting on July 16th.

Can you imagine a world where everyone had access to affordable, healthy and connected neighborhoods? This is no pipe dream. There is a proven model that has been implemented in cohousing communities across the US and around the world. In this intensive 5-week course, you’ll learn from the leading architect and builder of cohousing communities globally. Charles Durrett will impart his decades of experience so that you can finance and maintain the affordability of your dream residential community.

What you’ll learn from the Info Session:

  • Whether or not this course is a good fit for you
  • About the course instructor and their expertise
  • Information regarding the course structure, schedule, pricing, etc.
  • And the answers to any additional questions you have!

REGISTER NOW

Course Instructor

Charles Durrett

Charles Durrett and his team at Durrett Architects have designed more than 50 cohousing communities in the United States and around the world, including Muir Commons in Davis, California, the first cohousing community in North America. Durrett, with Kathryn McCamant, introduced the concept of cohousing to the United States with the seminal book Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves. The latest edition is Creating Cohousing, Building Sustainable Communities. He has written several other books on cohousing, including Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Independent Living—The Handbook.

Durrett has received numerous awards, which include the World Habitat Award presented by the United Nations, the Silver Achievement Award for Active Adult Community by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 50+ Housing Council, the Silver Energy Value Housing Award by NAHB, the Mixed Use/Mixed Income Development Award presented jointly by the American Institute of Architects and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and a recipient of the Global Over 50’s Housing/Healthcare award. He was also recently declared as a “visionary of the Sierras” by the Sierra Business Council.

Registration

The Online Event Experience

Live Zoom Sessions

Nothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants.

Affordable and Accessible

All our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life.

Watch the Recording

You’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you.

Loved by Community Builders

What a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia

I am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden

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