Prairie Rivers Cohousing - Websites and Articles

Minimize your footprint, maximize your community.

Cohousing is a sustainable housing model which includes privately-owned, self-contained homes and shared facilities. Common spaces are at the heart of the community, promoting social interaction and connection among neighbours. Prairie Rivers is planning Winnipeg’s first cohousing community.

Minimize your footprint, maximize your community.

Cohousing is a sustainable housing model which includes privately-owned, self-contained homes and shared facilities. Common spaces are at the heart of the community, promoting social interaction and connection among neighbours. Prairie Rivers is planning Winnipeg’s first cohousing community.

Community

“Cohousing is for anyone who wants to have more connection with their neighbours. Typically communities include people of all ages from babies to seniors, with couples, families, singles and single parents. The emphasis is on quality of life. There is no social agenda beyond creating a friendly neighbourhood where all residents feel accepted and comfortable.”

- Canadian Cohousing Network

Community

“Cohousing is for anyone who wants to have more connection with their neighbours. Typically communities include people of all ages from babies to seniors, with couples, families, singles and single parents. The emphasis is on quality of life. There is no social agenda beyond creating a friendly neighbourhood where all residents feel accepted and comfortable.”

- Canadian Cohousing Network

Sustainability

Prairie Rivers Cohousing's goal is to build to International Passive House standards. This will significantly lower energy usage for heating and cooling. We will also be using environmentally friendly building materials. Sharing resources within the completed community will provide many more opportunities for residents to live lighter on the planet.

Sustainability

Prairie Rivers Cohousing's goal is to build to International Passive House standards. This will significantly lower energy usage for heating and cooling. We will also be using environmentally friendly building materials. Sharing resources within the completed community will provide many more opportunities for residents to live lighter on the planet.

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Websites & Articles

Websites

Canadian Cohousing Network

The Cohousing Association of the United States

Cohousing Solutions - our cohousing consultant's website

McCamant & Durrett Architects (The Cohousing Company)

Articles

Cohousing Communities are built for Connection

Cohousing Advocates Say Lengthy Process Is Worth the Wait

'A feeling of belonging': Group works on Regina's First Cohousing Community

Meet the new Golden Girls (and Guys): How Boomers are coming up with Creative Living Arrangements

Shared Living: Tearing down the walls between families and communities

Community Like No Other

Two new Cohousing Developments Sprouting in Alberta

Seniors in Ottawa look to cohousing to avoid isolation

Modern Housing with Village Virtues

Cohousing works well for older people once they get past the image problem

Cohousing Lite enters the Vancouver Housing Conversation