Safe environment for children, with kid spaces and playmates. Privacy and community in the amounts you choose. Community center with many shared amenities. Beaverton School District. — All on a three-acre natural site within 5 minutes of downtown Beaverton and 15 minutes of downtown Portland. Cascadia Commons Community 4377 SW 94th Avenue Portland, OR 97225 503.650.7169 www.cascadiacommons.com [email protected] Cascadia Commons Community 4377 SW 94th Avenue Portland, OR 97225 A neighborhood planned, designed, and operated by residents. What is cohousing? Cohousing is a concept of neighborhood that offers an answer for people who prefer a convenient and spontaneous social life to the complication and isolation of typical modern living. It provides a means for a group of varied, previously unacquainted people to create a village where they can have both community and privacy in the amounts they choose. Cohousing offers the values of an old-fashioned neighborhood: safety, interdependence, and mutual concern. Our community Cascadia Commons is a community of diverse residents located at the intersection of Southwest 94th Avenue and Meadow Lane in the Raleigh Hills–West Slope neighborhood of Southwest Portland. Only two blocks from Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, the community is within walking distance of bus lines, restaurants, shopping, and schools. Its two clusters of townhouses and apartments surround grassy common areas, vegetable gardens, a play structure, and a common house (community center), and are connected by a footbridge over a small stream. The 3400-square-foot common house has space for cooking and dining where residents can share meals, as well as special spaces for children, guests, recreation, hobbies, laundry, and reading. Residents have the privacy of individual homes as well as the advantages of community with neighbors. Homes are all individually owned or rented as condominiums, and common spaces and the common house are owned (or rented) jointly. Pedestrian-oriented, the community has a lesser impact on the environment due to the smaller size of individual homes, the use of eco-friendly building materials, the lack of driveways between homes, and minimization of asphalt. It is a child-friendly, diverse community that includes singles, couples, and families from ages 1 to 80. We are realizing our vision of a self-governing community, using a consensus decisionmaking process, and we have built a physical environment that supports this vision. The community operates as a condominium association and homeowners pay monthly dues. Collaborative efforts and involvement among residents reduce the maintenance and operating costs funded by dues. Members of Cascadia Commons are those who own or rent a home in the community, or are in the process of purchasing a home. Members have a voice in discussions of community issues and particpate in consensus decisions; all homeowners are members of the homeowners association board. We invite others to get to know us and consider joining us in shaping the community. Our homes The homes in Cascadia include two- and three-bedroom townhouses, and one- and two-bedroom flats. Interior floor space ranges from 700 to 1400 square feet. The purchase and rental costs of individual residences varies according to size. Descriptions and prices for currently available homes are posted on our website. Getting to know us The best way to learn more about Cascadia is to attend one of our periodic community information sessions and tours. Participating with us in a common meal, attending a homeowners association meeting, or coming to our frequent social events are also excellent ways to get to know the residents of the community and observe how we govern ourselves. Please call our phone line, visit our website, or send and email message for information about the next tour, meal, meeting, or social gathering. For more information Please contact us by phone, email, or visit our website: 503.650.7169 [email protected] www.cascadiacommons.com