New housing option planned for Edmonton
Edmonton’s Strathcoma library recently played host to a meeting that could very well change the way area residents view their housing options.
Over 30 people came out for an information session hosted by The Urban Green Housing Society. They wanted to let people know more about their plans for the future.
The group, which was started in 2009, has recently purchased three properties and is in the process of acquiring a fourth. These will be used to build new housing developments.
The parcels of land were purchased using funds invested by the group’s members. Each contributed what they could.
The plan is to break ground in 2016 and build apartment buildings with 3-4 levels. What will make them different is that they will be built in a way that encourages plenty of interaction and co-operation between the people who call it home.
Each individual or family will have their own private one-to-three-bedroom apartment. It will be smaller than usual, as there will be large communal spaces in each building. These can be used for various purposes ranging from an exercise room, a social/party room or even a community kitchen.
The co-housing movement began in Denmark in the 1960s, and it has since spread across the globe.
Brochure printers can be very helpful in getting such a development off the ground. They can create promotional material that is not only informative, but include artists’ concepts of what the development will look like.
Over 30 people came out for an information session hosted by The Urban Green Housing Society. They wanted to let people know more about their plans for the future.
The group, which was started in 2009, has recently purchased three properties and is in the process of acquiring a fourth. These will be used to build new housing developments.
The parcels of land were purchased using funds invested by the group’s members. Each contributed what they could.
The plan is to break ground in 2016 and build apartment buildings with 3-4 levels. What will make them different is that they will be built in a way that encourages plenty of interaction and co-operation between the people who call it home.
Each individual or family will have their own private one-to-three-bedroom apartment. It will be smaller than usual, as there will be large communal spaces in each building. These can be used for various purposes ranging from an exercise room, a social/party room or even a community kitchen.
The co-housing movement began in Denmark in the 1960s, and it has since spread across the globe.
Brochure printers can be very helpful in getting such a development off the ground. They can create promotional material that is not only informative, but include artists’ concepts of what the development will look like.