I have been following bits of the cohousing story in melbourne for (I think) around ten years now and after a busy period in my life (kids, work and a house...
Perhaps this could be suitable site to explore with RMIT's architecture students? I'm not sure what the scope for this will be, but am happy to find out if...
Hello everyone Thanks for the offer of help Hans, regretfully I think it is a little early for the RMIT students, but there has been an interesting local...
Hi Helena This sounds promising. Do you know who owns the Bradmill site. That is crucial to whether cohousing will be possible. tony...
tony
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May 16, 2008 4:21 am
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Hi Tony, the land is owned by the de Lutis group I'm pretty sure. I believe the acquisition was pretty controversial (jobs lost etc) and the land is still...
Hi all Although The Age has had a week or so of features on M2030, little has come out about the outcome of their audit. The one "leak" I liked tho', was that...
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May 16, 2008 6:29 am
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We live in interesting times. I have been and looked at the sign outside the Bradmill site. There is a website with a proposed mixed use development plan....
Hi Helena, I would guess that what ever the reputation of the owner/developer it is neither a good nor bad thing for cohousing. Perhaps this is more a matter...
Ian Higginbottom
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May 16, 2008 8:49 am
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Hi all So the Melbourne 2030 Audit conclusions are now published. I couldn't see much specifically about CoHousing, but lots of concepts that steer towards it....
Hi all I haven't read all the M2030 Audit info, but did a quick peruse. One thing I noted in the Affordable Housing section was a mention of strengthening the...
Graeme Taylor
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May 23, 2008 6:06 am
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Hi all I just accepted a new member to this group, approved a couple leaving it, some months back, but no new messages for yonks. I remain hopeful of some...
Graeme Taylor
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May 31, 2009 9:28 am
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Hi Graeme, The SLIC group (Sustainable Living Foundation) is still active. We have developed a website at www.communities.org.au, with a particular focus on...
Hi everyone After holding such hopes for our little plot of land in Preston, Rodney and I are ultimately building on it by ourselves. We spent over 18 months...
There maybe people in the network who can contribute to this project,cheers, Heather ... _________________________________________________________________ ...
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Jun 3, 2009 1:07 am
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Apologies for the personal emails tacked onto the info about the Marysville project - Heather To: cohousingmelbourne@yahoogroups.com From:...
heather cousland
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Jun 4, 2009 3:10 am
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Hi Elizabeth If you have stuff from Melrose which might be useful for other cohousing groups, think about uploading it to communities.org.au. If it's...
me Kidd
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Jun 6, 2009 10:51 am
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Carlton redevelopment may be of interest. Because there is intended wind power as well as solar, and an intention to develop over time, one pod at a time, the...
Graeme Taylor
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Jun 6, 2009 11:10 am
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Hi All, It's interesting hearing discussion on this list again. As the Not Melrose folks will know, after Tracey and I eventually got a bit frustrated with the...
Craig, What an awesome post! Thankyou for sharing your experience in such a concise and clear manner. From what I've observed, the problem you describe...
Craig you hit on the reason it is so difficult in Melbourne-Melbourne is too big! to get affordable land you need to go to the outer suburbs. However work is...
me Kidd
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Jun 9, 2009 8:30 am
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Cohousing difficulties in Melbourne: In the USA it seems that cohousing projects have got off the ground in all city areas from the inner city to the suburbs. ...
Ian Higginbottom
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Jun 9, 2009 10:13 am
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Ian, Having lived in Australia and now in the US (near San Francisco) I think the short answer might be that in many inner city areas in the US, the cities are...
Hi all I have been watching the post with some interest as some one works with the dark side, property developers. Having spent sometime in Melbourne, one...
Poul Emil Tvermoes
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Jun 10, 2009 12:36 am
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Hello Warren, I lived in San Francisco for 12 years so am curious to know if you might live in CoHousing there. I used to live in Emeryville around the corner...
Eleni
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Jun 10, 2009 1:46 am
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Planning and Environment Act Review 1987 Hi all FYI I forward today's announcement by the state government about "carbon neutral neighbourhoods" and possible...
Graeme Taylor
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Jun 18, 2009 8:01 am
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BASE CAMPS CONSERVATION NETWORK Caring For The Environment And Each Other Hello Friend Our purpose is to establish a network of conservationists, residing at...
Six million dollars is such a piddling amount out of a sate budget. It shows how committed they really are. Damian To: CohousingMelbourne@yahoogroups.com From:...
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As far as I understand it, the money is for developing innovations such that a neighbourhood can sell back to the grid (half the price of house by house...
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