About Us

Community in Living Room

We are a unique, small community, located on 2.5 acres of land, partly wooded, just outside Minneapolis. We choose Cohousing because we want to know our neighbors. Community meals and ‘co-chats’ (spontaneous conversations) are the glue that hold the community together.

We value diversity, and have varying incomes. We are an inter-generational community, and over the years have ranged from newborn to 80, including singles and couples, both with and without children.

Our members are computer programmers, artists, teachers, therapists, caregivers, scientists and more. We follow diverse spiritual and secular paths. We help each other out in ways large and small. Examples include sharing information and advice, lending and sharing skills and items of all kinds, and driving each other to the airport or to appointments.

Community spaces in the Big House like the living room pictured at left are places both for official community meetings as well as casual or impromptu get-togethers. Our shared mail room with community bulletin board is a nexus of the community. Maintaining our 1924 building (part Common House, part residences) also gives us opportunities to work together.

Common Spaces and Homes

The Big House in Winter

The community has an abundance of interior common space in the 1924 Edwardian mansion (the Big House), with new kitchen, 3-season porch with a gas fireplace, elevator, 3 wood-burning fireplaces in the living room, community dining room, and library/media room. , a workshop, a laundry room, a children’s playroom, and an office.

Homes include eight retrofit coop apartments in the Big House which range from around 480 sq. feet to 1500 square  feet and seven newly constructed townhouses.

Town Homes

The townhouses range in size from about 900 to 1600 square feet, connected by underground walkway. The walkway is invaluable in Minnesota winters.

The central courtyard and play area are separated from the driveway and the parking areas and the large front lawn, which includes a community garden and picnic area.

The grounds near the homes feature a wooded hillside backed by a park, a central courtyard, a shared vegetable garden, and a large front yard. These “exterior rooms” are lovingly landscaped by members of the community. With this abundance of green spaces, we often see wildlife. (View grounds photos)

Our community grows from working together and shared experience.