Becoming a Resident
Are you interested in becoming a resident?
Bellingham Cohousing is an intentional community of 33 households. Each household is privately owned, but all other parts of our community are shared. We have regular work parties to maintain our shared spaces, regular meetings that use a consensus decision-making process to make community-wide decisions, and frequent social events such as community dinners in our Common House. Our Principles of Participation serve as a foundation for our collective identity.
We agree that the households of Bellingham Cohousing are actively responsible for the care and management of our common facilities, property, and community life.
We agree to maintain and care for our community.
We agree to share the basic work of our community equitably and honorably.
Becoming a member of Bellingham Cohousing is much more than just renting or purchasing a unit. Come to one of our daily coffee hours to meet some of our residents and hear all about life here. We look forward to meeting you and answering all your questions.
We can be reached by email at outreach@bellcoho.com. Please let us know a bit about yourself, your family, and your interests. How do you think you could contribute to Bellingham Cohousing? Are you interested in renting or purchasing a unit? Which types of units are you interested in? We’ll reply to you!
Bellingham Cohousing in the fall.
This is a two-story unit. We also have one story units.
Bellingham Cohousing Guiding Principles
We aspire to create a collaborative, multi-generational community where we place a high value on kindness, respect, gratitude and shared responsibility. We honor each person’s unique way of being and support each other’s interests, skills and contributions to our community, the larger community and the planet.
We recognize that awareness and acceptance of our interdependent nature is the foundation for health, happiness, well-being, and survival. Therefore we commit to more deeply embody our principles so that we may make them a living part of our daily lives and by so doing manifest the community of our aspirations. To this end, we feel that these principles are best held as questions rather than statements, and each of us will continually ask ourselves…
How do I deepen my trust, respect and acceptance of others?
How do I bring joy to our community through both work and play?
How do I resolve conflict responsibly?
How do I live interdependently while acknowledging individuality?
How do I contribute to my community?
How do I authentically care for the members of my community?
How do both I and my community live ever more lightly on the earth?