We view cohousing as a type of intentional community that combines private homes with shared indoor and outdoor spaces designed to support an active and interdependent community life.

Navigating a balance of independence and privacy in communal settings is important in order to achieve:

• common spaces and activities, with privacy
• engagement, without immersion
• participation, without obligation
• responsibilities, without burden
• guidelines, without policing

These are the salient components of our SHARED VISION to collectively conceive, design, develop, and manage:

• urban living in connection with the natural world
• independent living with interdependence — mutually supportive & collaborative relationships with neighbors
• aging and raising a family in an intergenerational, racially and socio-economically mixed community
• creating a resident-initiated development model replicable in other Philadelphia neighborhoods

We envision the USE & DESIGN to encompass:

• a multi-family building, mixed-use preferably, with ground floor retail benefiting cohousing community and neighborhood
• 15 minimum private apartments with kitchen, living/dining, bedroom, and bath
• shared spaces with kitchen, dining, living/gathering/activities, and garden
• sustainable and universal design in terms of: architecture, ecology, equity, economy, longevity