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Together, we will create a vibrant, intergenerational cohousing community in Novato, California where we know our neighbors well and live more sustainably.
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Mark Your Calendars for
These Upcoming (Online) Events
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Virtual Potluck
This Saturday
, May 23 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm
We are becoming pro's at social distancing and have become quite adept at tasting and smelling our virtual table mate's dinners. It always fun to hear about what's for dinner in one another's home! So grab your dinner and join us online for a virtual meal from your home. Ask us your questions and get to know the members.
Family Zoom Call Meeting
Wednesday, June 3rd from 8:00 to 9:00 pm
Join other C Street members with children under 18 years old in discussing issues related to children. Our topic this month is “Common Space”—What standards do we want to implement within the areas the we all share?
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NEW!
Webinar for Prospective C Street Village Community Members
Wednesday, June 17th from 8:00 to 9:00 pm
C Street Village Cohousing is starting a monthly webinar on cohousing and what’s happening in Novato specifically. We are targeting new and prospective members. John Caye, our project manager, will be presenting. There will be time for questions. The webinars will be on the third Wednesday of every month from 8:00 to 9:00 pm.
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Virtual Potluck
Saturday, June 20th from 6:00 to 7:00 pm
It's your turn to join us and share your favorite meal via our monthly virtual potlucks. So grab your dinner and join us online for a virtual meal and nourishing conversation from your home. Ask us your questions and get to know the members.
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Let's Talk About Communication
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When people inquire about our community, they often ask:
What happens if you don't get along with someone in the community?
And it's a good question because we all know that relationships and communication with other people, even the ones you know and love, can be difficult and often result in misunderstanding and harm. That's why C Street Villagers have committed to be better family members, friends, neighbors and citizens by learning, practicing and using NVC (Non Violent Communication) to aid in more effective communication, connection and compassion by holding everyone's needs with care.
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NVC was started by Marshall Rosenberg in the 60s, and we were inspired by his notion that 'every word and action is an attempt to meet life serving needs and make connection a priority'. We invited one of Rosenberg's associates and trained NVC facilitator, Meganwind Eoyang, to lead us in a series of 4 workshops
before
we move into C Street Village. In this way we hope to communicate more effectively in all our meetings and interactions.
We learned the basic 'formula' of stating Observation, Feelings, Needs and Requests and how hard it is to move from evaluations, demands, strategies and hearing 'no' to shift conflicts from opponents to allies. We learned one of the basic questions to answer is 'what is alive in
me
right now?' and 'what is alive in
you
right now?' We learned the Jackal and Giraffe ways of listening and how to 'tell it like it is'. We had a lot of fun using the exercise 'Aunt Mille and Uncle Joe' to help us shift conflict situations and find the needs similar to both sides that can then be used to find requests and solutions that would work for all.
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And we learned that when you use NVC and put your attention on connection via empathy, self-expression and self-connection then you are much more likely
not
to disconnect from another person using diagnosis, denial, demands or feelings of deservedness. We all learned so much and realized that we still have a long way to go before we can easily identify with ease true feelings and identify the universal needs under the feelings expressed both verbally and through body language.
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Having everyone in C Street Village be familiar with NVC is a huge gift for everyone and really shifts the energy of interaction and feelings of connection. We all felt the shift and eagerly celebrated the power this way of communicating brings to all parties involved.
Sound Interesting and helpful? Check out these resources for more information about NVC:
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Meet Our Community Members,
Elina Coulter, Paul Chaffee, & Laszlo Chaffee
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Paul is a statistician and Elena teaches parent-child music classes and runs a business. Laszlo is in sixth grade. We love the idea of cohousing because it’s a sensible way to live. Children have built-in-playmates, babysitters and adopted aunties, uncles, and grandparents. We all get needed face-to-face contact with other humans working together to cook, craft, exercise and just enjoy one another’s company. Cohousing offers a perfect balance of privacy and community and we can’t wait to be part of it!!
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Have You Seen Our Community Plans?
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Elevation of Private Homes / Architecture by McCamant & Durrett Architects.
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In cohousing
,
one
receives
the benefits of living a connected life, while maintaining a private sanctuary in your own home. The private homes in C Street Village will have open floor plans and are designed to be filled with natural light, built with sustainable materials, advanced sound-proofing techniques, passive cooling and heating, front porches, and more. There are thirty two private homes with two, three, and four bedroom options available. There will also be 8 one bedroom and studio rental units (carriage units).
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Building Momentum for Cohousing in Marin
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If you are interested in learning more or reserving your home, please contact us at marincohousing@gmail.com. You can follow us at our website
www.marincoho.com
. Growing awareness is essential, but what we really need are future neighbors seeking to live in community in the 2021 timeframe. We understand that commitment takes time. So please join us at an upcoming meeting as we continue the momentum toward securing our site and designing our community. We are in contract on land and making progress.
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