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Cedar core group developer live event - Jan 20

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Catalyzing cohousing in Minnesota

January 2024

Featured partner event
Passive House standards | multi-family buildings
developer Cody Fischer tells us how

LIVE event sponsored by Cedar Cohousing
Merriam Park Library, St Paul - Jan 20th
Cody Fischer, climate-friendly developer:
Multi-family small infill buildings
This is the kind of building urban cohousing groups want.
Sat, Jan 20, 2024
1:00- 3:00 PM
Merriam Park Library
1800 Marshall Ave, St Paul
REGISTRATION LINK - Please register for refreshment count. Seating limited to 35
Questions? Contact Becca@cedarcohousing.llc

How Fischer's firm Footprint Development is building energy-efficient
"carbon-smart, climate-resilient, multifamily housing in walkable, bikeable, transit-rich Minneapolis, MN neighborhoods."

Twin Cities Cohousing Network's Next Event
Wed, Feb 21, 2024 Zoom 7pm- 8:30pm
Open discussion on TCCN's future
The TCCN Vision Circle/Board of Directors is seeking your input on how TCCN can best assist groups aspiring to build cohousing. Is cohousing likely to be be easier to develop outside the Twin Cities? Twin Cities Cohousing Network is expanding its scope from the Twin Cities to all of Minnesota.

First peek at proposed name
Should it sponsor small home gatherings instead of big events?
Would study groups help?
What creates personal networks?
Your topic here _____________

See Zoom Video Clip and Register on line
Lynn explains what we will be up to on Feb 21 - Includes registration button
OR Register here

Donations large and small are essential to support our work. Donate here

Meet the Professionals
SAVE THE DATE - May 8, 2024 | next national speaker
Alan O’Hashi, an author, videographer, and past president of CohoUS.

The Cohousing Institute is where our donors will find nationally vetted content about cohousing

Yes, we will have a picnic July 20th. Pictured, Rick Gravrok with big bubbles in Como Park.

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Deadline for next TCCN News--Jan 23rd

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catalyze, v.

• to cause or accelerate a reaction
• to cause an action or process to begin

The Twin Cities Cohousing Network board is working hard to lay the groundwork for effectively catalyzing affordable, efficient, equitable cohousing.

We invite you to find a role--large or small--and partner with us. What can we do together?

It's a long game and the purposes includes building community, advancing justice and amplifying the potential for generational wealth-building along the way. Connect today via our contact page.

From professionals to picnics and public education, Twin Cities Cohousing Network (TCCN) expands opportunities for this form of self-developed and community-focused ownership housing.

Twin Cities Cohousing Network is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization.