Silver Leaf Cohousing

We are cooperatively creating our homes in Paonia, Colorado, on Third Street between Clark and Minnesota Streets. The community will consist of twelve small, universally designed/accessible homes, and common amenities to include an organic garden, native landscaping, and a common house. The common house will include space for a kitchen, dining area, multi-purpose room for social and educational gatherings, guest room(s), creative art/work space, a shop, laundry room, and space for exercise and yoga.

The elder cohousing concept and need for it is well described in the attached article “Senior Cohousing in Canada: How Baby Boomers Can Build Social Portfolios for Aging Well,” written by Margaret Critchlow, a Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Canadian Senior Cohousing Society, and founding member and soon to be resident of the Harbourside Senior Cohousing Community in Sooke, BC. Marjorie True, a nurse practitioner, hospice nurse, and future resident of Silver Leaf, and Krista Dudley (introduced above) recently took a course given by Margaret and her colleagues and visited the Harbourside Senior Cohousing Community (the project described in the above article). They are anxious to share what they learned with the rest of the group, future Silver Leaf residents, and the Paonia community.