Welcome Sign

In the past year, a team of CoHoots has been spearheading work on upgrading the area around our common house. A path was relocated, plantings were added, our recycling/garbage area was moved, and a doorbell was installed at the street-side door on the common house.

Another step in making the pedestrian entrance to our community more welcoming is adding a welcome sign. At move-in (fall of 2007), CoHo installed a basic sign/map at our parking lot entrance (per fire department regulations).

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A natural spot for a welcome sign is the angled fence at our entryway.

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Now we need to decide on sign features…

A simple “Welcome to CoHo Ecovillage”? A map of building locations? A work of art? Natural wood lettering?   Colorful weather-hardy materials?

With the experience gained selecting building colors for repainting in 2016, this may be an easy decision-making process!

Sunflowers decorated the angled fence each summer

Sunflowers decorated the angled fence each summer

P.S. A message was posted on the national cohousing list serv asking for input and photos of other communities’ signs. Responses will be posted here.

Signs at other cohousing communities….

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This photo is not from a cohousing community; it is in a Corvallis neighborhood.
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