Once the sale of the Tivoli Housing Co-op was complete in 2014, the Common Fire Foundation shifted its focus dramatically, limiting itself to providing basic support for the Beacon Co-Housing community. The Foundation previously had a much more expansive vision of helping to support the creation of numerous intentional communities nationwide that shared our values related to communities as a foundation for personal and collective transformation. The information on this page represents our PREVIOUS more expansive vision and is provided here in the hopes that it may help to support or inspire other people’s efforts in this field.
A few dozen people have lived in the co-op since it opened in 2006. We've generally represented a cross section of the local population, though we've had more racial diversity than generally exists in this rural area.
We love being a multi-generational space. About 10% of the residents have been 40 and older, the rest have been pretty evenly spread out in their 20s and 30s. Parents have loved living here with their children, and one baby was born here!
There are a few things we all have in common that are important for living here. We're all responsible, friendly, mature, and we have a desire to help make a difference in the world, and a desire to learn from each other.
No matter what issues you care most about -- from education to prison reform, from health care to domestic violence, from drug abuse to the environment, from economic policy to racism -- and no matter how you try to impact those issues -- through your work, by volunteering or making donations, by helping to educate people, or by simply treating others with kindness and respect -- this co-op can help you be more effective.
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