Saving Money Living Together in Community

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Note: * = suggestion in proposed Low Impact Ordinance before the Township

  • *Community-owned cars

  • *Community-owned bicycles

  • *Growing food

  • *Sharing rides

  • *Rain barrels for irrigation

  • *Composting

  • *Water conservation

  • *Guest rooms in Common House

  • *Education/Outreach to larger community  [not suggested to tie into money]

  • Pet sitting

  • Barter (general)

  • Sharing food

  • Raising chickens

  • Forming a CSA

  • Potlucks (planned – recommend luckypotluck.com)

  • Repairing household items, repurposing

  • Bulk purchasing (general)

  • Solar roofs (and batteries) [*”alternative energy”]

  • Sharing tools

  • Passive House building system [*RESNET-HERS assessment]

  • Contracting electric system

  • Child care

  • Work Fair Share system

  • Share maintenance

  • Member bookkeeping

  • Downsizing homes [*maximum sizes much less than Zoning]

  • Recycled building materials

  • Reducing trash

  • Community exercise room

  • Information sharing

  • Classes and workshops

  • In-house entertainment – music, dancing of all types

  • Selling excess produce (honor system)

  • Sell lemonade

  • Common laundry facilities

  • Boarding Waldorf School students

  • Sharing housekeeping equipment

  • Resource/skill bank

  • Computer/tech sharing

  • Community internet

  • Community snow removal/equipment

  • Preventative health programs

  • Custodial program (attention to elders)

  • Group health plan

  • Aquaculture/aquaponics

  • Beehives

  • Local business relationships

  • Clustered housing (shared walls)

  • Repurposed items room

  • Multi-purpose shop(s)
    [Note: so many things we didn’t bring up – what are your ideas?] 

Discussion Group of November 19, 2017