We need to reach 20% of the projected development cost before we can get a construction loan to pay for the rest, and after that the mortgages repay the...
Hello Janis, Charles, and the rest of the UVCC members, My husband Oliver and I look forward to meeting with all of you and hearing about your ideas! Last...
My wife Raquel and I are ecstatic to have found you guys on here. It was a total fluke. We have been very interested in permaculture, urban homesteading,...
Dear Oliver and Raquel, Thank you very much for your note, and for describing your interests. They certainly seem to be in agreement with ours. My wife and I...
Charles, thanks for your reply, we would be happy to meet up with you to talk about the projects possibilities. I am very interested in hearing about the ...
I'm onboard an eastbound Amtrak train en route to Chicago to speak about cohousing at a conference and the train was 5 hours late this morning so it was light...
Charles, I've spent some time this morning researching available land around Utah Valley. I did come across a few parcels in the Payson/ Spanish Fork/ Lake ...
Oliver, Great ideas! I've sent you a response on another email account, simply because not everyone on the list is going to be interested in our dinner plans....
Thanks to the hard work of Fred H. Olsen, http://wiki.cohousing.org is nowlive! Wahoo!! With that, I have put up the page that we've all been waiting for: ...
Solar Action Network Alert – Tell Congress to Make the U.S. a Solar Leader Background: The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005) was signed into law by ...
Last week my family and I spent a delightful couple of days at Wasatch Commons, the cohousing community located in west Salt Lake City. It was very rewarding,...
Dear UVCC Friends: You all know about SIPs? SIPs are high-performance building panels for floors, walls and roofs in residential and commercial buildings. ...
We thought we had identified a likely piece of land, not from UVSC and BYU, but someone bought it before we could act. I liked the property, especially since...
The "build it and they will come" strategy in cohousing does not seem to work, despite its obvious advantages in terms of design and initial start-up. Some of...
UVCC Friends: Is pre-fab worth considering? You bet! SIPs construction, flat-packed and ready for assembly. And quite beautiful, too, in my opinion. Take a...
UVCC Friends: At some point, sooner rather than latter (I hope,) we will begin to discuss the formation of a "core group" whose responsibility will be to...
Hi folks, I thought others might enjoy checking out this article, about how Corvallis Cohousing is raising money for a unit in their community to be home for a...
Hi folks, I thought others might enjoy checking out this article, about how Corvallis Cohousing is raising money for a unit in their community to be home for a...
Everybody, please come to this event & spread the word about it. These BYU kids have really accomplished something great during the last few weeks. No matter...
For those serious about meaningful change to help restore our planet: http://green- phoenix.org/ NYCCourses. htm This has been converted from the usual two...
How Australia got hot for solar power Down under, they're all over alternative energy - starting with a 1,600-foot-tall "solar tower" that can power a small...
A similar project in Spain was all over the news yesterday. http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/spain-leads-grid-connected-solar- power/article-158769 First EU...
I thought you might find it interesting that the 9 acre parcel (Geneva Road) is apparently back on the market. I drove by it yesterday. It still presents...
Hey Charles, sorry I have been out of touch for the last while, I've been a bit overwhelmed - there has been a lot going on. Things are calming down now ...
Dear Folks, Anyone interested is welecome to join me, Charles, for dinner tomorrow night at the Bombay House Indian restaurant on University in Provo. I just...
UVCC Friends: No, I don't imagine the UVCC will ever be a "Utopia," but if, by that term, we mean a set of ideals worth striving for, then I think we might...
