Cohousing hosts ‘welcome weekend’


CoHo Cohousing is having a “Welcome Weekend” on Saturday and Sunday to review its site plan, visit the cohousing project, and share information about cohousing.

The schedule includes a presentation at 2 p.m. Saturday at Corvallis Neighborhood Housing Services, 257 S.W. Madison Ave., above Albright & Raw Pharmacy.

A potluck will follow at 6 p.m. in the Willamette Landing Clubhouse, off Southeast Rivergreen Avenue. Bring a vegetarian potluck dish to share (plus the recipe) and your own plates, utensils, and glasses.

On Sunday, join a 10 a.m. brunch at New Morning Bakery, 219 S.W. Second St. A tour of the cohousing project on Southeast Crystal Lake Drive and Alexander Avenue will begin at 1 p.m.

A general meeting will follow at 4:30 p.m. at Corvallis Neighborhood Housing Services downtown.

For more information, call 753-4453 or see www.cohousing-corvallis.com.

Meanwhile, CoHo Cohousing is identifying low-income, first-time homebuyers for the cohousing project on Crystal Lake Drive. Down payment assistance is available through Corvallis Neighborhood Housing Services.

Thirty of the 34 homes are already committed. Three of the remaining four homes are designated for income-qualified households. Completion of the project is scheduled for August 2007.

The neighborhood is designed around a pedestrian pathway and homes are clustered to preserve open space that is owned jointly by the community. A common house is part of the neighborhood, and community meals are prepared and shared several times a week.

For information about housing assistance, call Brigetta Olson at 752-7220.

Volunteers spruce up MLK Park

Volunteers led by the Oregon State University Community Service Center will gather Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in northwest Corvallis for a day of landscaping and trail building.

Volunteers will meet in the park at 10:30 a.m. for introductions and project goals. Lunch will be provided by the Community Service Center. The event runs until 3 p.m.

MLK Park at Northwest 53rd Street where it becomes Walnut Boulevard.

For more information, or to sign up, call 737-3041.

LBCC hosts ‘Snap Shots of Iraq’

ALBANY — “Snap Shots of Iraq” will be exhibited in the South Santiam Hall Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College through Oct. 26.

This exhibit offers a look at the Iraq war through the eyes of a soldier. Lewis Franklin, LBCC instructor and Oregon National Guardsman, shares images from his tour of duty in Iraq as well as images from his deployment to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

A reception will be held at noon Wednesday in the South Santiam Hall Gallery, 6500 Pacific Blvd. S.W. Visitors can try a military Meal Ready to Eat (MRE) and will get a demonstration on how troops in the fields have their meals.

The gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call 917-4530.

Nominate most prominent Corvallis residents

Early next year, the Gazette-Times will help mark the 150th birthday of Corvallis by publishing a list of the city’s most prominent residents during the city’s history.

We’d like your help.

Nominate as many people as you’d like to be included on the Corvallis Top 150 list.

Send us your nominees as well as a one-sentence reason why they should be on the list.

We’ll also be looking at neighborhoods around Corvallis, their histories and most prominent attributes. Again, send us your favorites, along with a one-line note on why they rate.

Send nominees by e-mail to rob.priewe@lee.net; by mail to Corvallis Top 150, in care of the Corvallis Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 368, Corvallis, OR 97339; or drop them off at the newspaper’s office at 600 S.W. Jefferson Ave. For more information, call 758-9525.