Our Urban Village, a Vancouver Cohousing Community

Author: christine

March cohousing info session

Interested in cohousing, Tomo House, living sustainably in Vancouver or want to know more? Join us Saturday March 25 from 10:30 – noon, for an info session over ZOOM. Members of OUV will run through a presentation that provides a brief introduction to cohousing before going into some depth on our community and Tomo House. In …

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Cohousing coffee chat

If there is one thing the pandemic has taught us, it’s that we want more community. Come get to know members of our community and learn more about our project and our remaining units on Saturday March 18 at the Garden Cafe at VanDusen Botanical Gardens from 10:30 am to noon. This informal gathering is …

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February cohousing info session

Interested in cohousing, Tomo House, living sustainably in Vancouver or want to know more? Join us Saturday February 25th  from 10:30 – noon, for an info session over ZOOM. Members of OUV will run through a presentation that provides a brief introduction to cohousing before going into some depth on our community and Tomo House. …

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January Cohousing info session

Our Urban Village cohousing is pleased to be offering our online information session for anyone curious about cohousing and interested in learning about our project. We’re on our last leg of construction with an expectant date of occupancy in early 2023 and are keen to find like minded folks for our four remaining units. Our …

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Is urban cohousing cost effective?

There is no escaping the fact that housing in Vancouver is expensive. It’s all people talk about here in the city (apart from the rain) so despite all the great positives of living in cohousing it should be no surprise to anyone that market-priced cohousing also has a high entry point. As house prices continue …

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Developer Mark Shieh sees shared living spaces as a way to bring fractured communities together

Mark Shieh understands the power of transformative spaces — he started his career working as an Imagineer for the Walt Disney Company, designing theme parks. “I still have a little of that pixie dust in me,” he says, recalling how transfixed he was by the magic of Disney’s parks and how they felt like the …

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Tomo and OUV — a bit of history

In 2017 Our Urban Village began a partnership with innovative developers, Tomo (formerly known as Take Root) to build a cohousing community using a model that hadn’t been tried before in North America. OUV’s founders were struggling to find a way to build cohousing in one of North America’s priciest housing markets. When the cost …

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