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Senior Cohousing in Rocky Mountain News

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Molly
  • January 14, 2008
  • Life Transitions
  • Sustainability

The Rocky Mountain News has an article on Senior Cohousing in Colorado, specifically featuring Silver Sage Cohousing.

The couple, in their 60s, looked at various homes here until an ad in a Boulder Senior Center newsletter led them to Silver Sage Village. The community, one of the first active-adult co-housing communities in the United States, is open to homeowners 50 and up.

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