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Directory for Ecovillages, Ecohousing
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Ecovillage/Cohousing
Meetings in DFW
- What Is an Ecovillage?
- Locate an Ecovillage in Dallas-Fort Worth
- The Ecovillage Network
- Developer-Driven Ecovillages
- What Is Cohousing?
- Benefits of Cohousing
- Universal Concepts in Cohousing
- Features of Cohousing
- Designed by Residents
- The Common House
- Attributes/Features of Common House
- Other Common Areas
- Community Gardens
- Outdoor Common Areas
- Role of Developer
- Why Hire a Developer?
- Choosing a Developer
- Define Developer Driven
- Do Developers Help or Hinder Community-Building?
Meeting/Learning Schedule
Joint Venture with Land Owners
Ecovillages in Dallas-Fort Worth
Cohousing in Dallas-Fort Worth
What
is Ecohousing?
Green
Building and Energy-Efficiency in DFW
Community in Dallas-Fort Worth
The
Benefits of Cohousing/Ecovillage Combined
The
Diminished Role of the Automobile in Ecovillages
Safety
of Children in an Ecovillage or Ecohousing
What Is a Home?
Common Areas of Cohousing & Ecovillages:
Developer
What Affects Affordability?
Senior Cohousing/Ecovillages
Lack
of Loneliness
Confusion
Between Ecohousing and Ecovillages
Conceptual
Site-Plan for Cohousing
Combat
Rising Utility Bills in DFW
Mortgages
for Energy-Efficient Homes
Origins Cohousing, Ecohousing, How Did It Start
Ecohousing is Fun!
Joint Venture with
Land-Owners
Renewable
Energy in DFW
USDA
Rural Loan Program
Hiring a developer or joining a developer-driven cohousing or ecovillage community shifts much of the financial risk from the members to their developer.
Developing property is risky. It has a high learning curve with the possibility (probability) of more than a few expensive mistakes. Although it is true the developer makes a profit, his/her expertise probably saves the group money that would be lost as the result of members' errors. The group has a good possibility of saving more money in the long run than it spends on the developer.
The Benefits
The developer handles some or all of the following:
- Purchase of land.
- Zoning changes if needed.
- Other contacts and/or problems with the city/county.
- Site design with member input.
- Financial details.
- Site work.
- Construction
This leaves the cooperative housing or ecovillage members free to concentrate on other items. Members can socialize, build community, discuss strategies, and reach consensus on the policies and procedures that not only make move-in day smooth, but also make day-to-day living in that community work.
Hiring a developer or moving into a developer-driven community certainly saves time, it almost always saves money, and it frees the members to build community and assemble policies/procedures.
Summary
In summary, then, the developer works for a certain amount of profit. The developer's profit not only buys a shorter time frame for construction, it also buys fewer risks for the cooperative housing community.
And because the developer is a professional with a professional team, the community will often save more money than the developer and his/her team cost the members.
Hiring a developer, then, makes good financial sense.
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