Legacy Farm Cohousing- Who are we?

Perri Ardman is a business consultant and writer currently living in Kingston. She moved to the Hudson Valley six years ago from the West Coast to be near friends and family. In 2006, she became a grandmother for the first time. She is a student at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and will be ordained as an interfaith minister in 2008. She has been president of Hudson River Playback Theatre, a steering committee member of Sustainable Hudson Valley, and a volunteer at Benedictine Hospital. She is currently an agent for Genworth Financial Long Term Care Insurance.

Linda Gluck is a freelance graphic designer specializing in social justice organizations, one of the two co-general managers of Ulster County Co-housing, a widow, a mother of two daughters, and a grandmother. An Ulster County resident since 1973, she relishes the slower-paced rural life of family, gardening, cooking, eating, singing, raising chickens, working with her hands, and making sculpture.

Lynne James is a grandmother of three wonderful children. She works as an Occupational Therapist with multiply-handicapped young children. When not working, she enjoys hiking, kayaking, yoga, gardening, music, and the company of her friends and family. She has been a professional potter and still enjoys spending time in her studio and on other creative projects. She is also a peace activist and interested in pursuing a lifestyle which protects and appreciates all living things.

Cameron Rabe has journeyed from Virginia to California to New Jersey to (finally!) the Hudson Valley of New York. He misses sweet Southern accents, but a tour of East Coast cohousing communities convinced him that the rolling hills and friendly folks of Ulster County are home. Cameron works as a CPA, and especially enjoys advising non-profits to help keep them up and running. For fun, he loves to read, travel, fish, hike and play outdoors, do the NY Times crossword, play cello and read some more. He met his wife, Ilyse, on a cross-country walk from LA to NY. His goal is to someday have a coffee shop called the “Bean Counter”. He and Ilyse are about to become parents.

Barbara Sarah has lived in the mid-Hudson Valley since 1988 and began her second career here as an oncology social worker. Founder of the Oncology Support Program at Benedictine Hospital, she now also maintains a Third Opinion private practice as a CancerGuide. Active as a volunteer in local cultural and political activities, she shares a house in Woodstock, poised to relocate to Legacy Farm Cohousing in the near future! She has three astonishing daughters and two amazing grandchildren.

Nancy Schafer has lived in Chatham, NY (Columbia County) for the past fifteen years, with her husband Vagn Visbo. Nancy is a psychologist at Hudson High School and has a part-time private practice. Nancy has two young adult children currently living in Manhattan. Vagn is a Danish master mason, with 10 children (and stepchildren) who live in Miami, Denmark & Sweden. Nancy & Vagn both enjoy travelling & vegetable gardening.

Ilyse Simon moved to Kingston from Virginia to be a part of this cohousing community. She enjoys cooking, eating, singing, and loves the creative process in community organizing. Ilyse is a freelance writer and nutrition therapist who works specifically with eating disorders. She is married to Cameron Rabe, and looks forward to making friends with farm animals. She likes pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

Ellen Sribnick and Pat (Pasha) Clarke have lived in Ulster County for over 35 years. The past 20 years have been in Rosendale where they have restored their 1840’s colonial home. Pasha, retired from the Women’s Studies Program at SUNY New Paltz in 2004, now fills her time gardening, swimming, reading and taking care of children. Ellen plays the trumpet as therapy, dabbles with the electric bass and always needs a creative outlet. She has been a Massage Therapist for almost 30 years, a Fitness Trainer for large women, and for the past two plus years has been one of the co-general managers of Ulster County Cohousing, LLC. Together, they enjoy biking, hiking, and cross-country skiing, as well as movies, music, theatre and art. They are commited to making sure there is always time to visit with family and friends.

Sheilah Davidson and Sean Westlake have lived in Ulster County for the last eight years, and have recently purchased and moved into the original farmhouse that was part of the cohousing property. They intend to move into the community once it is built. Sheilah has spent her entire adult life as an activist, working for and managing non-profit advocacy organizations. She currently is the Administrative Director for the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture. Sean is a Master Carpenter with over 20 years of experience, who can build or fix anything. They have an extremely active 11-year-old daughter, Jenny, who loves art, animals, playdates and being outside.

Below are some of the names of the people working to make Legacy Farm a reality.
We'd love to see your name on the wall!

(click on the wall to enlarge)