Professional Team Created

• Bruce Coldham, Coldham & Hartman Architects, Amherst, MA - cohousing architect
• Chuck Silver, Hudson River Design, Saugerties, NY - project designer
• Walter Cudnohufsky, Walter Cudnohufsky Associates, Inc. - landscape architects and planners
• North Engineers & Design Associates, North & Houston, Kingston, NY - engineers and surveyors
• Bruce Richardson, Boulder, CO - accountant, cohousing financial consultant
• Elena Flash, Miller & Mayer, Ithaca, NY - attorney for LLC Operating Agreement and NYS Attorney General’s Offering Plan process
• Hayden Brainard, Miller & Mayer, Ithaca, NY - securities attorney
• Sara McGinty, Rosendale, NY - real estate attorney
• Dominic Cordisco, Drake, Loeb, Heller and partners, New Windsor, NY - land use attorney
• Myriam Bouchard, Small Business Administration, Kingston, NY - business development counselor
• John Buck - Sociocracy trainer
• Bob Cohn, Hudson Valley Contractors, Inc. - builder
• Paul Waddington - construction manager
• Ellen Sribnick, Linda Gluck - co-general managers

• Gathered members: nine Equity households who’ve invested $340,000
• Ongoing outreach to neighbors to gain project support
• Visited cohousing communities in: NY, MA, CO, CA, VA, NM, NC, WA, and OR

• Surveys and topographic maps completed
• Acquired subdivision approval, lot line adjustment, and conceptual site plan approval from Rosendale Planning Board
• Developed site plan in accordance with county/town highway departments and fire department
• Received Conditional Site Plan Approval and Negative Declaration of Environmental Significance in accordance with the NY State Environmental Quality review Act
• Researched green building technologies and state and federal incentives for energy efficient building
• Submitted two grant applications to NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research & Development Authority) in response to Project Opportunity Notice 1126: Next Generation Emerging Technologies for Residential Buildings and Project Opportunity Notice 1169: Heating and Cooling Systems. PON 1126 has been granted
• Completed design of residential units, which will be highly resource and energy efficient, and performance-built. This will reduce the use of fossil fuel for heating, cooling and hot water to zero by using a geothermal system powered by photovoltaic panels. Materials used will be non-toxic, sustainable, and highly durable
• Completed 90% of Common House design
• Dug two wells resulting in a yield of 110 gpm, 90 gpm over what is required by the Health Dept. for a community well. Water quality has been approved. A $35,000 infrastructure investment
• Attended National Cohousing Association Project Management conference in California and Annual Cohousing Conference in North Carolina

Canoeing on our pond.

• Formed a Limited Liability Company and created LLC Operating Agreement
• Consulting with Small Business Development Center to create business plan & organize financing
• Secured mortgage for a Land Acquisition Loan from Ulster Savings Bank
• Purchased 65 acre farm and subdivided into four parcels
• Sold two parcels with existing houses; retaining two parcels totalling 56 magnificent acres with rolling hills, a 3+ acre pond, forests, and open farm land
• Consulted with RUPCO (Rural Ulster Preservation Company) regarding housing opportunites for low and moderate income residents
• Created development timeline and Business Plan
• Consulted with attorney re: Offering Plan process required by the NYS Attorney General’s Office; projected Public Offering of units in Summer 2008
• Generated capital of $181,000

• General Circle Meetings held twice monthly
• Formed committees
• Developed Membership Agreement
• Trained in and adopted Sociocracy as governing, decision-making system
• Held regular “community life” events including camping on our land, retreats, tours of other cohousing communities and cultural events

• Received approval for “Testing the Market” phase from the NYS Attorney General’s office
• Created Orientation Process for Prospective Residents to fully acquaint them with the Cohousing lifestyle and our Equity Members
• 40-50 active Prospective Residents proceeding through our Orientation Process
• Instituted Buddy system for informing and integrating Prospective Residents

Sponsor: Legacy Farm Cohousing aka Ulster County Cohousing, LLC Sponsors’ Address: POB 88 Rosendale, NY 12472 Location of Project: Hahn Farm Road, Kingston, NY 12401. This advertisement is not an offering. No offering can be made until an offering plan is filed with the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York. This advertisement is made pursuant to Cooperative Policy Statement No. 1 issued by the New York State Attorney General. (5/06)
Attorney General File Number CP05-0229