RETROFITTING AN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD:
A MIDWESTERN FANTASY STORY
All persons in this story are fictional, as is the neighborhood entity, “Presidents Park”
A new type of housing development will soon appear on Blooming Grove’s southeast side. The residents of President’s Park, a three-block residential parcel of twelve single-family homes, mostly frame bungalows built between 1913 and 1930, have formed a cohousing association in order to strengthen the neighborly ties between current households. This type of residential association reflects a growing enthusiasm for tightly-knit “intentional communities” in which residents share not only common facilities and amenities such as those found in condominium developments, but also closer ties with their neighbors.
