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| October 9, 2014 Good Times | Why Not Commons? |
| May 16, 2013 Santa Cruz Sentinel | Responsible Living Project |
| March 4, 2013 Good Times | Walnut Commons Breaks Ground |
| March 1, 2013 Santa Cruz Sentinel | New housing development ready to build in downtown Santa Cruz |
| February 25, 2013 Press Release | Groundbreaking Ceremony Announcement |
| January 15, 2013 Santa Cruz Sentinel | Barry Swenson Builder expects busy 2013 in Santa Cruz County |
| July 2, 2012 Santa Cruz Weekly | Home Economics of Walnut Commons |
| September 2, 2011 Santa Cruz Sentinel | Residents plan cohousing condos in downtown Santa Cruz: Walnut Commons owners looking for the very neighborly |
| February 14, 2011 Santa Cruz Sentinel | Developer discusses planned cohousing development in downtown Santa Cruz |
| August 26, 2011 Press Release | Finally! Cohousing comes to Downtown Santa Cruz |
| December 2014 Sold out | All units have been sold |
| July 2014 Welcome Home | The first residents started moving into the building |
| May 2014 White Report issued | The California Bureau of Real Estate issued its Final Public Report allowing sales of individual condominiums. |
| March 2013 Construction begins | Groundbreaking Ceremony was March 1, 2013. |
| October 2012 Final plans submitted | Build plans submitted to planning department; approval expected in three to six weeks. |
| July 2012 Prioritization complete | Prioritization Workshop w/Chuck Durrett. Group puts together a prioritized list of items such as solar, quartz counters, outdoor kitchen, etc. |
| July 2012 City Council approval | City Council gives unanimous approval of the project |
| July 2012 Equity members expand | Walnut Commons reaches 13 equity members |
| June 2012 Planning Commission approval | Planning Commission approves of plans/project |
| April 2012 Begin detailed drawings | Reached goal of ten members minimum to begin detailed drawings |
| August 2011 Common space design workshop | Group meets with Charles Durrett for unit/common house design workshop |
| July 2011 Initial design proposal | Charles Durrett describes cohousing and presents initial designs to interested community members at public meeting at Museum of Art and History |
| July 2011 Land purchased | Walnut Commons LLC purchases lot from city for $885,000, in partnership with Jeff Major and Green Valley Corp. (Barry Swenson Builder), together forming Walnut Commons Development LLC |
| June 2011 Walnut Commons LLC | Walnut Commons LLC is formed with group of 4 equity members |
| May 2011 Preliminary sketches | Charles Durrett delivers preliminary design sketches, based on workshop with group, for up to 21 units plus common space |
| May 2011 Charles Durett meeting | Group meets with Charles Durrett, cohousing architect and author of the book Creating Cohousing, to work on initial site design of building |
| May 2010 Land proposed | City proposes that cohousing could be built on Church St. by the public library (prior to suggesting our current lot) |
| March 2010 Developer chosen | Group chooses Jeff Major, a local real estate developer, as a project manager to guide building a cohousing development in the downtown area |
| January 2010 Project delayed | Condominium project delayed by developer, group looks for alternatives |
| June 2009 Group forms | Initial group forms around proposal to purchase a group of newly built condominium units on one floor on Pacific Ave. as cohousing |
Walnut Commons can be reached at 831-854-7206.
