Newsletter May 2025 Special Edition
Building a community that enjoys a rich quality of life for all ages, brings a more equitable society, and a harmonious and responsible relationship with the natural world.
Wow, what a couple of weeks it has been! We closed on our new property and thanks to many folks who pitched in, we are mostly moved into our new community home
Upcoming Events
These are just the highlights, more events will be posted on our website and facebook page and listed in our June Newsletter.
Pre-Open House Work Day and Potluck - Sunday, May 18 noon-2:00pm
Monthly Potluck and Open House - Saturday, June 28 11:00am-2:00pm
Monthly Potluck - Saturday, July 12 (time TBD)
Summer Cohousing Potluck - Sunday, July 20 3:00-6:00pm
Monthly Potluck and Fundraiser and Free Sale - August (date and time TBD, stay tuned for more details!)
May 18th Potluck and Community Work Day
So much work has been done in the past 2 weeks and there’s lots of work to do. Some of the work will need to be done by professionals but a lot of it we can do ourselves with help from you!
There will be many ways to help out including:
Moving furniture
Unpacking
Assembling furniture
Painting walls
Minor maintenance, electrical, plumbing, and carpentry projects
Join us for all or some of our work days and get a sneak peek at our community property before it’s ready for our open house. If you can’t come for the work day, you are still welcome at the potluck. We’ll provide sandwiches, drinks, and compostable dishes. We have some seating but if you have a chair, bring it along. Please email tcfamilycoop@gmail.com to let us know if you plan to attend. Also let us know if you have any dietary restrictions. Thanks and we look forward to seeing you!
Thank You to All Who Helped Us Move In!
We want to give an enormous thank you to all the folks who came out to load and unload trucks, paint, clean and so much more! We especially want to thank those who came several days and even weeks to help make this happen. Thank you for participating in creating our community’s first home!
Open for New Members!
Among the many surprises we’ve had in the last couple weeks was finding out that 2 additional apartments are ready for our community to use. We’ve decided to turn one open apartment into additional community space (a playroom for the kids, a library, and possibly an exercise room). The other apartment could be living space for Exploratory Members. If you are interested in joining our community as an Exploratory Member, let us know!
Our Vision
We are an intergenerational community of individuals, couples, and families. We are queer-affirming, gender-inclusive, and multicultural. We value the spectrums of the human experience and each individual’s diverse abilities. We support each other in raising children and throughout all stages of life.
We strive to live out of a place of abundance. We develop internal economic policies that actively push back against capitalist expectations, while also making compromises to allow members to maintain their financial autonomy.
We are committed to nonviolence and environmental sustainability. We believe in the potential for radical transformation of society and see communal living as an element of that change. We strive to make meaningful contributions to society, engaged in dismantling the systems of racism and oppression in our society.
If you would like to learn more about Twin Cities Family Cooperative, please visit our website and facebook page, attend our events (online and in-person), or fill out our Interest Form to connect. All past newsletters can be found here. If you would like to be removed from our email list, please email us and let us know.
