Episode 73: Building a Custom Neighborhood - with Jim Leach

Send us a message!In Episode 73  Lynn Morstead and Kelli Soika interview Jim Leach, president of Wonderland Hill Development Company. He has led the company in developing over 20 cohousing communities in Colorado, California, Arizona, and Washington. He is a builder with over 50 years of experience in the design, construction and development of sustainable, planned neighborhoods.We talk about "building a custom neighborhood": How he first got involved in cohousing as a developer in the late 1980s.How they developed the first models for financing, co-designing and co-developing with the future community home ownersLearnings from developing cohousing projects over several decadesThe struggles that groups go through to complete and sustain a community project, andThe joys and rewards of how living in a cohousing community creates a more sustainable lifestyle than any of us could achieve on an individual basisListen in to find out more about our conversation.For more information about our project, please check out our website at www.cohousinghouston.com , or register for one of our upcoming Zoom information sessions at https://www.cohousinghouston.com/events..Let us know if you have any comments or ideas by emailing us at [email protected].