We are a suburban cohousing community in Portland, OR, nestled in 4 acres of lush, forested wildlife setting, with a creek and evergreen firs. Trillium Hollow is located minutes from downtown Portland, within walking and biking distance of mass transit, parks, hiking trails, schools (Beaverton school district), shops, and medical facilities.
Our community includes 28 self-sufficient apartments (studios, one-, two-, three-, or four-bedroom units) with one stand-alone unit, all 29 owned as condominiums. Our common facilities including a 3,600-sq-ft Common House with three guest rooms and generous dining/meeting spaces; indoor and outdoor play areas for children; a workshop; hot tub; 24/7 internet; community laundry facilities; native-plant landscaping; and organic community garden.
Our shared community life at Trillium is active: Members gather frequently for meals, work parties, celebrations, and social activities. Our regular celebrations include Winter Solstice, Progressive Dinner, Summer Bash and Halloween Party, to name a few. We are a caring, supportive, consensus-based community, seeking to live lightly on the land, working cooperatively with our surrounding neighbors, valuing participation in our community, and living simply.
Our vision is to create and live in a community that fosters harmony with each other, the larger community, and nature.
We, the members of Trillium Hollow Cohousing Neighborhood, commit ourselves to the creation and maintenance of a supportive, enriching, and purposeful community that fosters the spiritual connection among ourselves, others, and the earth through simplicity, cooperation and service.
We encourage prospective members to participate in our Path to Neighborhood process to discern if Trillium & cohousing is right for them.
We hold a regular orientation tour on the first Saturday of every month. Please inquire for specific availability.
Additional tours are scheduled as necessary. Email us at in**@************ow.org for more information.
The whole membership decides collectively.
Everyone must agree before moving forward.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
We are a consensus based community and we organize and care for the the physical, social and emotional needs through our team structure. Each team has a lead person that rotates over time. See our website for a description of our teams.
Proposals for community consideration usually come from our work teams or ad hoc groups and are presented at Community Meetings and a yearly HOA budget meeting, for consideration by the whole community.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Yes (2 hrs/week)
Members with pre-existing debt: allowed
As part of our work share policy members are expected to contribute 6 hours per month for each resident adult to maintenance of the property and participate on one or more teams.
We are legally a condominium association. Ownership or rental of a unit and payment of monthly HOA dues are the only fees.
We share the expense of common maintenance, electricity, water, etc. as part of our monthly assessments, as in any condominium association.
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Workshop, Hot tub or hot springs, Large Scale Kitchen, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas, Internet
See the website or inquire over email for more details.
Residential areas outside city centers but within metropolitan regions.
Private homes with shared common facilities, designed for neighborly
interaction while maintaining independence.
Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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