Cohousing and COVID-19, May 2020 |
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Cohousing and COVID-19: that is the current topic among cohousing communities. The consensus is that cohousing is an antidote for isolation. John Grisham in his latest book said, “It takes a disaster to appreciate the basics”. Please view this YouTube presentation by Eric Granum, a developer with UD+P in Portland, OR, who is involved in designing intentional communities, as he talks about COVID-19 and what our future may hold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTryBxmZH0A |
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Now you can visit us without leaving home! ZOOM OPEN HOUSES FOR MAY
May 3 @ 2:00 PM (PDT)
May 10 - Mother’s Day (No Open House. We will be celebrating all
mothers, grandmothers, step-mothers, aunts, and all women)
May 17 @ 2:00 PM (PDT)
May 24 @ 2:00 PM (PDT)
May 31 @ 2:00 PM (PDT)
Please join us for lots of exciting information about our project, meet members, and share your thoughts and questions. |
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Meet some of our COVID-19 community volunteers.
Hood River is a small community. There are about 20,000 people in Hood River County and around 8,000 living in Hood River town. We have a diverse population of all ages, with a large Hispanic and a significant Japanese-American presence. Culturally, we are a rural, agricultural community with fruit orchards. However, in the past 30-40 years Hood
River has become a nationally recognized sports mecca. We have been very fortunate to have had only a few positive cases of Coronavirus and none requiring hospitalization. Adams Creek Cohousing members play a big part in keeping our community safe. |
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Becki Rawson: Becki is a Nurse Practitioner with an
orthopedic clinic in town, which means she has regular contact with the hospital. In this capacity she has been available and assisted wherever needed during this
COVID-19. |
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Liz Kinney: Liz has 35 years experience working with emergency response using the Incident Command System. She volunteered a few years ago as a plans chief at the Hood River County Emergency Operation Center (EOC). With the emergence of COVID-19 the EOC was activated to help coordinate the county effort to provide public health support and information to the community. Liz provides a situation report and an incident action plan as the situation dictates. |
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Carol Jurs: Carol has been a volunteer with the HR Food Bank. During the quarantine, food recipients have stayed in their car while the volunteers deliver their food to their car, keeping a safe distance and using precautions. |
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Donna McCoy: Donna has also volunteered at the Food Bank to deliver food essentials to people who do not drive. She also volunteers to do grocery shopping for some of the residents at Down Manor, a residential senior living center. |
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How did you choose Adams Creek Cohousing?
Within the past few months, we have added 4 new associate (explorer) members join our community. They have offered to share their journey. This month we are featuring Marilyn, who joins us from Boulder, CO and hopes to move to Hood River in the near future. We are so excited to welcome Marilyn and we enjoy her energy and talents. |
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Marilyn Kakudo and Ava
“I visited the PDX Commons website a little over a year ago. I probably googled “Cohousing in Portland” since I was starting to explore relocation to the area to be closer to grandkids. PDX Commons had a recent post about a joint Cohousing event with Adams Creek, so I followed that thread to the Adams Creek Cohousing website. ACC had a January brunch scheduled within a couple of weeks so I signed up, bought plane tickets, reserved a car and got a place to stay (White Salmon Inn, which was pleasant and reasonable).So I do think frequent events are important. I enjoyed both the brunch and the pizza dinner at the Grateful Vineyard and meeting some of the members and getting to know them a little at both events. Becki spent time showing me around Hood River, and since I had a car I drove the fruit loop (having visited Kiyokawa Orchard one autumn with my daughter and grandkids.) I liked the forested character of the cohousing site in a small town in a beautiful rural area, the city trails and the easy walk downtown. I appreciated that the community design maintained the wetland
area and was conscious of resource use. The people seemed genuine, friendly, caring, intelligent and willing to work together. I also appreciated the transparency of the conversations I had with Becki and Janet. I never felt like I was being sold and my questions and concerns were honestly addressed. The one hour access to Portland and PDX airport were also factors; it was an easy drive both ways even in late winter, outbound on the OR side and returning on the WA side. And I wanted to be in the area
during the worst time of the year to see how dreary it might be (really wasn’t bad at the time, but I probably missed the worst of winter). Once I returned home I did check into other developing Cohousing communities on the Cohousing Association website https://www.cohousing.org , but I did not see anything that interested me as much as ACC. I applied as an Associate member a few weeks later after much thinking about how I wanted my life to move ahead. Subsequently, having Ruth as my buddy and ACC guide, and being able to stay with Becki and Patrick Rawson along with Ava, my dog and room mate, sealed the deal to move up to equity status. Thanks to all for your outreach and efforts you made on our behalf.” Marilyn and Ava |
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Follow our website for more details about our members, our site, and our progress. We are very excited to finalize our plans with the city and get our building permits. We can’t wait to break ground AND we still have some units available! |
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Stay Safe. Stay Healthy. Stay in Touch. Friends@AdamsCreekCohousing.com |
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