The neighborhood in northwest Washington D.C. looks like a typical American townhouse development, but Takoma Village Cohousing is anything but ordinary.
The privately-owned units cluster around a shared open space, and the 80 or so residents share a common building with a kids’ playroom,
study room, laundry, kitchen and huge living area, and they have meals together there several times a week.
Modern villageIt's all part of an intentional community, similar to an old-fashioned village, where everyone knows everyone else.
“What I like most is I know all my neighbors. It’s just like a family,” says Sharon Villines, one of
