Our Professional Partners

Creating Common Vu is a big project, and we aren't doing it alone!

Katie McCamant of Cohousing Solutions

Katie McCamant brings the depth and diversity of her 30+ years of experience as an architect, developer, and cohousing resident to her clients.
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She is a licensed architect and coauthor of the authoritative book, Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves which introduced cohousing to the English-speaking world. Katie co-founded McCamant & Durrett Architects/Cohousing Company with Charles Durrett in 1987. In 2006, she and Jim Leach (Wonderland Hill Development) co-founded CoHousing Partners, a development company that partnered with cohousing groups. Today, she is the sole owner of CoHousing Solutions, a development consulting firm that works with cohousing groups and developers across the U.S. and Canada.

Katie has designed and developed dozens of cohousing communities in the United States and Canada. After 12 years of living and raising her daughter at Doyle Street Cohousing in Emeryville, she now lives at Nevada City Cohousing in the Sierra Foothills.
Shelly Parks of CoVision Consulting
"At CoVision Consulting, we believe that we live better lives when we are together in community. We act as the driving force to turn the vision of a cohousing neighborhood into a reality. With the autonomy of private dwellings and the advantages of community living, cohousing creates richer, more fulfilling lives."

Shelly offers her extensive experience in Sales/Marketing to forming and developing cohousing groups. Her focus is on a project’s success through member recruitment and her services include review and analysis of marketing efforts, coaching calls, creating marketing plans, CRM development, and more. Shelly is a 500 Communities graduate and Cohousing Solutions Affiliate. She offers a one hour free consultation.