Village Hearth Cohousing

Mission: To create a caring community of LGBTs, friends, and allies with the infrastructure to age in place, balancing the privacy of a smaller sustainable dwelling with opportunities for social engagement and the support of the larger community.

From www.ic.org/directory/village-hearth-cohousing/:

Village Hearth Cohousing is the first LGBT-focused 55+ cohousing community in the United States. Our members include LGBT couples and singles, straight couples and singles, still working and retirees (and our pets).

We have 15 beautiful acres in progressive Durham, NC and will soon begin construction on the accessible, single-level neighborhood that we planned with the guidance of Katie McCamant and Charles Durrett. Only a few homes are still available and we are so pleased with the way our community has come together. Our members are committed to mutual support and bring a wide variety of skills and interests to share.

We look forward to eating the food grown in our gardens, building things to enhance our homes and community in the woodworking shop and the art studios, going on hikes, bicycle rides, and kayaking trips at the many nearby natural areas (including access to North Carolina’s Mountain to the Sea trail directly from our land), staying fit in the exercise room, meditating in our woods, or just enjoying each other’s company on our front porches and common house terrace.

For more information, visit our website, www.VillageHearthCohousing.com, follow us on Facebook, or join our Meetup group (Durham Village Hearth Cohousing). Contact Pat or Margaret at VillageHearthCohousing@gmail.com.

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