What to Expect:

• Practical skills and inspiration to bring your community dreams to life
• A panel of experts exploring cohousing, retrofits, co-ops & more
• 8 breakout sessions packed with practical tools and expert advice
• Connection with community builders, professionals & curious newcomers
• Local community tours on October 31 & November 1

Schedule:

8:30 – 9:00am: Registration + Connections

9:30am – 12:00pm: Plenary Programming

12:00 – 1:30pm: Lunch Break

1:30 – 5:00pm: Breakouts

5:00 – 6:00pm: Reception

6:00pm: Optional Dine Arounds 

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Explore Community Living: Cohousing Bus Tours
Join us for immersive bus tours to visit thriving cohousing communities across the Sacramento and Sierra Nevada regions. Each day will showcase a different set of communities—ranging from pioneering retrofit neighborhoods to newer multigenerational and senior-focused models. You’ll hear directly from residents, tour shared spaces and homes, and get a behind-the-scenes look at how these communities were created and sustained. Choose one tour or come along for both to see the full diversity of what cohousing can be.

October 31 – Sacramento & Davis Area Tour
On this tour, you’ll visit several foundational communities that helped shape cohousing in the U.S. We’ll begin at Southside Park Cohousing, a vibrant urban community in Sacramento. Then we’ll head to Washington Commons Cohousing, a newly completed urban infill project in West Sacramento. From there, we’ll travel to Davis to explore Muir Commons, the first cohousing community built in North America, followed by a walk through N Street Cohousing, an innovative retrofit neighborhood where individual homes became a connected, cooperative community.

November 1 – Sierra Foothills Tour
This day trip will take us to scenic cohousing communities nestled in the Sierra Nevada foothills. We’ll start at Fair Oaks EcoHousing, a multigenerational community that blends sustainability and connection just outside of Sacramento. Then we’ll visit Wolf Creek Lodge, a senior cohousing community in Grass Valley designed for aging in community. We’ll end the day in historic Nevada City at Nevada City Cohousing, a long-standing intergenerational neighborhood known for its strong social fabric and natural beauty.