4th of July Parade CoHo Style

The kids had planned to go to the Corvallis 4th of July parade, which is an anybody can participate event.  Just show up and be in the parade.  (One year, the CoHo musicians practiced Sousa marches for a few months ahead of time and we marched together.  It was the only band in the parade.  […]

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Chalking up the Common House

The kids at CoHo love to mark the path and sidewalks with chalk. It’s a great creative outlet for them, and the chalk doesn’t last long (especially when it rains). One evening when they were chalking up the patio in front of the Common House, someone mentioned that this building would soon be powerwashed and […]

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Then and Now #28 – October 2006 and October 2014

INTRODUCTION TO THE “THEN AND NOW” SERIES Visitors touring CoHo sometimes ask how our expectations for community prior to move-in differ from our current day-to-day reality. Comparing “then and now” is the framework for this series of blog postings.  The source of historical perspective is the CoHo newsletters published in 2006 and 2007 (they are […]

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