Our Values

Mission Statement

Linden Cohousing is a welcoming and sustainable community that purposefully commits time and talents to nurture and support each other. Our shared values guide us to care for our place, grow relationships and connect with the greater community and the cohousing movement.

A Caring Community

  • Includes respect, compassion, kindness, and empathy
  • an environment filled with humor, fun, joy, ritual and celebration
  • being neighborly

Diversity

  • Inclusive, accessible and welcoming to a multiplicity of people of a variety of means
  • Reflective of the wider community 

Intentional Community Building

  • Continuously building trust among community members
  • Affirming, inclusive, and effective group process
  • Shared responsibility and voice
  • Connection and collaboration with the neighborhood and broader community 

Sustainability

  • Consideration of:
    • Environmental impact
    • Financial resources
    • Human resources of time, talent, and abilities
    • Balance between privacy and community involvement