The program also explored the growth of cohousing in the Great Lakes Region. On September 20th, the largest cohousing project in California and the first in Contra Costa County broke ground. The project will have 32 homes on a 2.2 acre site adjacent to the Iron Horse Trail and Monument Boulevard in Pleasant Hill. Completion is scheduled for Fall 2001. Cohousing creates a sense of community that helps in controlling crime.
Traffic is our number-one problem.
Anything we can do to reduce that is welcome. The Pleasant Hill cohousing group has been meeting weekly since 1997. Their site search finally ended last year when they took out an option on a triangular piece of land just north of the Fair Oaks Elementary School. The infill site will transform a vacant property within a developed area close to a BART station. NW Regional Cohousing Conference Bellingham Cohousing sponsored The NW Regional Cohousing Conference in September 2000.