Wolf Creek Lodge Cohousing Newsletter
Pro-active Adult Cohousing in Grass Valley, California
January 2012
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Welcome
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Members and guests at our annual Holiday Party in December had a festive time eating, socializing and opening their White Elephant gifts. The most fun was "stealing" gifts from each other. A favorite was a coveted Scottish hat and scarf. 
The exciting news of the season was that Chuck and Katie won the GEELA award for their environmental design of Wolf Creek Lodge! For more on that, read Magdalene's story below.
The New Year brings the excitement of moving into Wolf Creek Lodge in the summer and the continued realization of our dream. Katie's story below will bring you up to date. We are looking for six special individuals or couples to join our community and make the remaining six homes their own.
Suzanne Marriott, editor
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Picture of the Month
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Construction Update
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Year End Construction Update
By Katie McCamant
 Well, the dry fall helped us recover from last year's rainy winter. The last floor slab was poured just before Christmas-under the common house section of the building. Reaching this critical milestone means that the rains will have much less effect on construction moving forward. After the New Year's holiday, the crew will be prepping the upper road for winter. By the end of January, we should see the walls of the Lodge going up. Two thousand twelve promises to be an exciting time, as we watch our long awaited Lodge go 3-D and are finally able to take in the beautiful view of the trees from the 3rd floor balcony!
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Featured Article
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A Very Special Event for Wolf Creek Lodge
By Magdalene Jaeckel
 On December 13, 2011, a small contingent from WCL travelled to Sacramento to receive the prestigious GEELA award. GEELA stands for Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership. Our architects, Chuck Durrett and Katie McCamant, won this award for their outstanding design of Wolf Creek Lodge: an energy efficient building located within walking distance to amenities and public transportation, situated on a 7.9 acre site, one-third of which is dedicated open space.
It was a rewarding and fun experience for all of us. The Nature Conservancy sponsored the event and provided excellent food and drinks to put everyone in a festive mood. We were given a colorful brochure that listed all sixteen California enterprises that won the award. We were not the only one, but we were in illustrious company.
 Our group was invited to join Chuck and Katie on stage to receive the honor. At the end of the evening, some of us were able to shake hands with California Governor Jerry Brown, who was at hand to congratulate all who worked "for protecting and enhancing the environment while at the same time promoting economic growth in California." We are very proud of our architects for their vision and hard work. Katie eloquently expressed her appreciation for our group and our determination to stick together through difficult times to make the dream of Wolf Creek Lodge a reality.
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Featured Members
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Krista Ericson and Mike Contino
 Krista: I was born in southern California and grew up enjoying the beaches of Santa Monica and Malibu. My family moved to the SF Peninsula where I went to high school before returning to Claremont to attend Pitzer College. I did a lot of singing including some with Guy Carawan, a preeminent folk singer of the day, and earned my B.A. in Folklife Studies. Along the way I spent a semester in Appalachia and got very involved in health care and women's rights issues.
Mike: I was born and raised in inner-city Philadelphia, got a B.A in Philosophy and concomitantly earned my M.A. in Mathematics at Villanova U. I ran some student community involvement programs and talked about the possibility of co-housing with college friends (although the term didn't yet exist). I then moved to Claremont Graduate School for work on a Math Ph.D. and to experience the 60s in So Cal. Since it was already the early 70s this merely confirmed my life-long membership in the American Procrastinator's Society. I became one of the original "Faculty in Residence" at Pitzer (translation: I was a dorm mother, but that's a story for another time), where I met and fell in love with Krista.
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January CoHousing Events
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Cohousing Events
Introduction to Wolf Creek Lodge
Saturday, January 21st, we're having an introduction to Wolf Creek Lodge and you're invited!
Starting at 1 pm guests are invited to visit the building site where a member of Wolf Creek Lodge will describe the project. At 2 pm you're invited to observe our business meeting followed by our Introduction to Wolf Creek Lodge presentation at 4:30 PM. This is a great opportunity to meet the people who are choosing Wolf Creek Lodge senior cohousing as their new home. Stay for our delicious potluck dinner and a chance to talk informally with members and other guests.
For location and to reserve a spot, please email info@wolfcreeklodge.org (mention Intro in the subject line) or phone 530.478.1970.
Anyone for coffee?
 Are you and your friends interested in senior cohousing?
Do you drink coffee?
If you arrange a small meeting over coffee at your own home or in a coffee shop members of Wolf Creek Lodge will be happy to join you. They will share their experiences creating the Wolf Creek Lodge community. This can be anywhere in northern California but we may be able to visit some other locations.
To get the conversation started email info@wolfcreeklodge.org, with "coffee" in the subject line.
Here is one!
 Ask Me About Cohousing: Join a Wolf Creek Lodge member for coffee on Friday, January 13th at 3:00 pm at Summer Thyme's Bakery & Deli at 134 S. Auburn St., Grass Valley. I'll be wearing the green & white button!
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Local Events
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There is lots of fun things to do in Grass Valley and neighboring towns.
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
January 13-15, 2012door
 This January, SYRCL's (South Yuba River Citizens League) Wild & Scenic® Film Festival returns with another incredible selection of films to change your world. Each year, the Wild & Scenic® Film Festival draws top filmmakers, celebrities, leading activists, social innovators and well-known world adventurers to the historic downtown of Nevada City, California.
Considered the largest film festival of its kind, the films combine stellar filmmaking, beautiful cinematography and first-rate storytelling to inform, inspire and ignite solutions and possibilities to restore the earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next generation. Festival-goers can expect to see Award-winning films about nature, community activism, adventure, conservation, water, energy and climate change, wildlife, environmental justice, agriculture, Native American and indigenous cultures. For more information visit: .wildandscenicfilmfestival.org The Movement Alliance  The Center for the Arts and
The Movement Alliance present Friday & Saturday, January 27 & 28 10 Year Anniversary Show Featuring a Live Music Collaboration with Jonathan Richman 7:00PM, $20 members, $22 non members Featuring a live music collaboration with Jonathan Richman, "The Red Poppy," created by Associate Choreographer, Marissa Hernandez.
"Local Legends," spans Act One in a 30 minute feature fueled by recorded music and poetry.
Also with a TMA Junior Company work, "In Keeping Secrets," (Hernandez, 2011) and a premier by guest artists, Azriel LaMarca and Shari Brookler.
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Join us for an Introduction on
Saturday
January 21st at
1:00 PM.
Visit our site, meet our members, learn about our Lodge, and be our guest at a delicious potluck dinner. Call for details.
(800) 558-3775 or
(530) 478-1970
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Newsletter
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Suzanne Marriott, Editor
Dick Shannon, Technical Collaborator
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