Author: Treehouse Village
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First Workshop Success!
We had so much fun letting our creative juices flow at our first Design Workshop! On day #1 we spent time envisioning and prioritizing the kinds of elements we want to include on the site… woodworking shop, gardens, children’s play spaces, and so on. We then took our ideas and walked the site, imagining what could be where. On day #2, we were given scale blocks and a site map and the very real (and challenging task) of putting all the elements in place. In small groups we generated 9 different designs and by the end of the day the…
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Meet Our Architects (Caddis Collaborative & RHAD)
Today we welcome on board our architecture team: two firms that combine specializations in cohousing, green building, as well as knowledge of the local industry and vernacular. RHAD and Caddis Collaborative are now tasked with designing our community, bringing our dreams closer to reality. The first step of the design phase will begin this fall. As a community we will participate in four design workshops, co-hosted by our architects, to collect our ideas, values, priorities for the site plan, private units, and common house. Rayleen Hill and Megan Lloyd of RHAD, are based in Dartmouth Nova Scotia. Bryan Bowen and…
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An Offer on Land
We are so excited to announce that we have an accepted offer on an incredible parcel of land, located at 54 Pearl St in Bridgewater. We have agreed to meet conditions by October 1st, which gives us time to do a feasibility study on this land, to confirm that the visions we have for Treehouse Village can indeed happen on this site. During that time, we will also start to design the community, and will need to reach a certain threshold in terms of number of households who have committed.
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Welcome to Treehouse Village Ecohousing
We are diving into 2019 with a new name, new look, and incredible momentum! Proudly introducing…. A family-friendly green neighbourhood in Bridgewater, NS
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First Member’s Meeting & Group-Forming Series
What a great group came out for our first members’ meeting on Oct 21st! We broke the ice, asked and answered lots of questions, and enjoyed some delectable eats (a sign of good things to come!). We look forward to welcoming more of you at our next meeting. Group-Forming Series The first step in building a housing development together is to come together as a cohesive, strong, functional team. We will spend our November & December members’ meetings accomplishing this goal. Through this 3-part series, you will get to know other prospective members, have a taste of what it will…
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Bridgewater Cohousing Launches
By the response to our first Info Session, it’s clear to us that Bridgewater Cohousing has now launched! But it’s far from too late to join us. We’ve got several more info sessions planned for this fall. Scroll on for the details. It was a FULL HOUSE! Over 80 people took in the first Info Session, and many of those have a high level of interest.
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Studying Cohousing Communities
We are just back from a full and fulfilling 4-day cohousing study tour of Vancouver Island. We attended a 2-day workshop and visited 4 cohousing communities: Harbourside Cohousing in Sooke, Pacific Gardens Cohousing in Nanaimo, Ravens Crossing Cohousing (in development) in Sidney, and West Wind Harbour Cohousing (in development) in Sooke. The workshop “Is Cohousing for You?” was delivered by cohousing expert and Harbourside Cohousing founder, Margaret Critchlow. We met her when she delivered a keynote presentation at the Canadian Cohousing Conference in Moncton, NB, this past June. She invited us to attend her workshop, and then bring back the…