Cohousing
Community … A better way to live
Langley, BC, Canada
Who We Are
Chris founded a software company 30 years ago and is interested in co-housing because it seems to be a more sustainable way for people to live. Living in a smaller space and sharing convenient but rarely used facilities such as a shop, exercise room or meeting room is more efficient.
Gordon is a retired lawyer who moved to BC in 1990 from Nova Scotia. He has lived in Fort Langley for over 20 years and has raised three children in this community. He is interested in home renovations, making music, documentary film, antiques and repurposing items to prolong their usefulness. His interest in cohousing stems from a desire to live along side a group of community-minded individuals who value the benefits that accrue to reducing their footprint and sharing skills and talents for the benefit of the community. He views cooperation and comradery as elements missing from most present day housing developments. He considers these things to be the backbone of any successful, thriving and healthy community.
Jenny is a retired teacher with many years of volunteering in several organizations. She is the mother of six and grandmother of five. She enjoys quilting, making her own soaps, gardening, reading and watching documentaries and British mystery shows. She is passionate about environmental issues. She hopes to explore BC in her Boler trailer. She tries to maintain a small carbon footprint, recycle, reuse and repurpose. The benefits of a close community that cohousing can provide are important to Jenny.
Verla - Time passes; family grows and disperses; such is the natural progression of Life. I seek a connected group of individuals with whom to forge a neighbourly bond. I enjoy reading, writing, gardening, swimming, and solving (rarely) crosswords. I have been an avid dragonboater since 2004. A senior and retired teacher,I feel I have much to contribute to a multigenerational community.
Steven and Derlyn miss the tight and friendly bonds with neighbours they experienced in the Philippines. Steven is a preogrammer and enjoys playing ukulele with their son, Caleb, who is in French immersion.
Stephany Evers - Stephany is a power engineer by trade and an agriculture and permaculture enthusiast by passion. She enjoys community gardening and has a keen interest in sustainable energy sources. As a single person starting a family she sees the inherent value in living in community and the contributions that cohousing makes to the social and environmental wellbeing of the human collective.