Upcoming Events
Past Events
July 16, 2011 - Open house at Turtle Farm to view site
July 14, 2011 - Charles Durrett talk on cohousing
April 2009 - April 2011 - Several management team meetings
March 28-29, 2009 - Natural Living Expo
January - March 2009 - Ongoing development of LLC
November 19, 2008 - Meet with lawyer
November 16, 2008 - Review bylaws; plan meeting with lawyer
October 26, 2008 - Review bylaws; discuss consultants
October 5, 2008 - Continue drafting bylaws
September 14, 2008 - Start drafting bylaws
August 26, 2008 - Core team meeting
August 18, 2008 - Visited open house at Full Circle Farm
August 17, 2008 - Core team meeting
August 14, 2008 - Presented our concept to the Granger City Council
August 6, 2008 - Presented our concept to the Granger Planning and Zoning Board
July 23, 2008 - Met with Dale Sorensen, Granger city engineer
May 28, 2008 - Met with Bret Vandelune, Polk County Land Use Planning Manager
April 17, 2008 - Initial consultation with attorney, Amy Beattie
January 23, 2008 - Core team meeting
December 13, 2007 - Met with RDG Landscape architect, Doug Adamson, and potential developer, Fritz Trost
November 16, 2007 - Visit to IAMU (Iowa Association of Municiple Utilities). We visited this site because of their green building and land use for water handling, etc.
November 11, 2007 - Received initial estimate for master plan from Doug Adamson
Initial brainstorming meetings
October 14, 2007 - Presentation by RDG landscape architect, Doug Adamson (Details)
September 23, 2007 - Established name of group; drafted Vision Statement (Details)
July 21, 2007 - Meeting at Turtle Farm (Details)
Vision
To preserve Turtle Farm by creating a model of a diverse, sustainable, cohousing community. (details)
Links
McCamant & Durrett Architects/The Cohousing Company
Books
Creating Cohousing. Building Sustainable Communities Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett (2011)
Senior Cohousng: A Community Approach to Independent Living. The Handbook Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett (2011)
Articles
Cohousing: what's so UU about it?
Contact Us
Angela Tedesco
- 515-278-4522
- 515-577-9208
Nancy Rambo
- 515-279-1043