Strength in Community
UPCOMING EVENTS
MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS
Come learn what makes us special!
Attend our monthly Zoom Meeting
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Thursday, June 8, 7-8:30 PM Central time
- Click here if you're not already on our mailing list to receive the link
- Can't make it? We'll be back in July. Always the second Thursday
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Sunday, June 25, 5-7 PM
Get-together for…
Enjoy Bar-b-que and beverages at the home
of members Sheila and Sean
RSVP here for directions and to let us
know what dish you’ll bring to share.
OUR VISION
Oak Park Commons is Illinois' first intergenerational cohousing community. The group is planning, constructing and opening the doors to a 24-family building in Oak Park, Illinois that features shared common spaces to foster social interaction among residents and a building that promotes energy conservation practices and environmental sustainability. A solid foundation of kind, community-minded families comprises the core of Oak Park Commons Cohousing, and we are excited for families like yours to join in our vision! Interested? Click here to learn more!
Established in January 2018, the group includes 14 households and continues to plan and grow toward its membership goal of 15 committed households to initiate construction. Learn more about us here.
Diverse households form an intentional residential community. They take time to learn about each other and create a vision of the place they will share. Then they build a common space with adjoining private dwellings.
Empty nester boomers are torn between resentment at increasing taxes and grief at the prospect of moving somewhere more affordable. Young households looking to purchase a home in Oak Park cannot afford to buy a home. What can we do to make a place where both groups could live together?