Cohousing in the United States owes a great deal of credit to architects Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamant. They visited Denmark in 1984 and lived in some of the many cohousing communities there. It was at a slide show they presented in Denmark that Tierra Nueva founding members Frank and Stephanie first heard of cohousing. When Chuck and Katie returned to the U.S. to begin work on their cohousing book, Frank and Stephanie, as well as Rich and Cecelia, attended their first U.S. cohousing slide show in Palo Alto. It was there that the spark for cohousing in San Luis Obispo County was ignited. Chuck and Katie were invited to San Luis Obispo to present their slide show, and the San Luis Obispo Cohousing Group swelled to over 50 members.
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