Kids with Wrinkles: A Community of Caring March 26, 2008

Who should come: This meeting is for anyone looking at new ways of Aging In Community in the North Bay. You don't have to be (or feel) old to get involved in talking about building support networks, caring, and sharing.

Why: This group is off to a fast start, creating community, looking at retrofit options, community-in-place (Beacon Hill Village) as well as retrofit and new build options. Come and get connected, and be a part of the solution!

Meeting Description:

[I don't have an agenda for this meeting, but here's a summary of the prior meeting]

We had a great meeting last night, with nearly a dozen new faces. We had a lively discussion, apportioned some tasks and agreed to meet in two weeks.

* The members said they wanted to visit nearby cohousing projects. New member Judy Wismer volunteered to set up a tour at Two-Acre Wood in Sebastopol (she lives there).
* Judi Marley will coordinate with Eloise Tweeten to vist Yulupa Cohousing.
* Helen Baum will arrange a visit to FrogSong in Cotati.
* Gayle Walz will arrange a day trip to Davis to visit both the senior cohousing and other cohousing projects there.

In other tasks,

* Lorene Romero will attend a meeting Sunday, March 16 concerning the Sonoma Mountain Villge cohousing project in Rohnert Park.
* Barbara Spain is going to acquire Jay Walljasper?s ?The Great Neighborhood Book? and add it to our library.
* Judy Wismer is going to investigate the Elders Guild, a new umbrella organization in the East Bay.
* Helen Baum and Margo Austin are going to investigate the Elder Cohousing Conference in Boulder, CO May 1-4. With luck, one or both of them will attend.

Official Website: http://seniors.meetup.com/64/calendar/7567071/