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News & Events

Glassworks raises more than $600,000 in under two months to stave off sale of property

The members of Glassworks Village Co-operative in Owen Sound have put their money where their dreams are and raised more than $630,000 in investments with their backs against the wall to stop the sale of a 46-acre property in Owen Sound’s industrial park. With a...

City of New Westminster Report on Cohousing

The City of New West Minster has just received a report commissioned in 2022. The report, written by Gary Penway of Penway Consulting (https://penwayconsulting.ca), provides concise case studies of communities in British Columbia, identifies the community and private...

Cohousing group Cohabitat Sweetfern supports localSudbury Food Bank

This week, Cohabitat Sweetfern Cohousing donated $500 to Sudbury Food Bank in Sudbury. The donation to Sudbury Food Bank was raised through the recent online information workshop – “Cohousing 101” – organized by Cohousing Options Canada. Cohabitat Sweetfern Cohousing...

Why building age-friendlier communities is more important than ever – Globe and Mail

As recently as January, the Economist noted that 2020 marks the ‘decade of the old,’ acknowledging that the impact of the baby boom — those born between 1946 and 1965 — is finally being felt around the world, as healthcare professionals, policy makers and marketing practitioners alike come to grips with the long-awaited ‘grey tsunami.’

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