For three days in late September, Cohousing ABQ members joined us from as far as Seattle and as close as El Paso and Las Vegas for a...

Before I joined Cohousing ABQ in Albuquerque, I had a house in Seattle whose backyard I completely transformed over a period of 20 years...

Many parents with young children are attracted to cohousing. They want an environment where their children have friends a few steps from...

When I was five, I told my parents I wanted to play the violin. As a professional violinist, my dad was delighted, and he seemed to...

Thoughts from Cohousing ABQ member Kel West It turns out that building a community, especially from scratch, is harder work than many of...

Certainly many parents are. One young mother writes about her sense of isolation in a recent New York Times article: “I hadn’t foreseen...

Beautiful new designs for our homes have allowed us to lower prices in ways that we didn’t think possible in the past. Without deviating...

As a professional hydrogeologist, I spent 30 years working on water issues, including many projects in the arid western United States. So...

Have you ever felt oddly tired? Distracted and depressed for no particular reason? Maybe I need more sleep, you think, or more exercise,...

Food culture often reflects our values. For Cohousing ABQ, values like mutual care and a small environmental footprint come high on the...

You’ve probably heard about Albuquerque’s more than 310 days of sunshine annually, especially if you’re somewhere still longing for dry...

Cohousing offers opportunities to learn from each other For Kate and Jason, education was a key reason for choosing Cohousing ABQ. “We’ve...

A few weeks ago, I was sitting in my sweet minivan with my wife and daughter, on our way to our very first gathering with members of the...

New Mexico has called me for some time. My third trip to New Mexico in early October had a twofold mission–to meet the amazing Cohousing...

The number one reason most people choose to live in cohousing is to experience a true close-knit community of neighbors. But who are...