Are We a Match?
If you answer YES to most of the following questions, you and Manzanita Village just might be a good fit.
- Do you like the idea of getting to know your neighbors as friends and lending them a hand when they could use some support?
- Do you like the idea of community dinners (weekly or more often) and would you like to take your turn assisting in the preparation or cleanup of such meals?
- Would you be willing to contribute some of your time and talents serving on committees involved in making community decisions and in implementing those decisions?
- Would you enjoy participating in periodic community workdays in order to keep our common areas and Common House looking tidy and attractive?
- Are you comfortable with the idea of paying monthly dues toward making your neighborhood into a great community?
- If you have a dog or a cat, do you consider yourself to be a responsible pet owner?
- Would you (occasionally) enjoy caring for a neighbor’s reasonably well-mannered pet?
- If you experienced conflict with one of your neighbors, would you work constructively to resolve the issue?
- Do you like to interact with people younger than you (including children) and people older than you?
- Are you willing to forego a garage attached to your house, walking instead from a peripheral parking area, in order to have a pedestrian-oriented environment around your home?
- Would you enjoy chatting with your neighbors along Jacob Lane, our pedestrian walkway?
- Are you comfortable sharing tools and outdoor equipment with your neighbors instead of owning everything yourself?
- When you see a problem in your neighborhood, do you think, “How can I solve the problem?”
- Are you comfortable with houses clustered together, in order to protect more community open space?
- Might you enjoy working in a community garden or on landscaping projects in common areas?
- Might you enjoy celebrating holidays with your neighbors?
- Do you want to be part of a community dedicated to reducing its environmental impact?
- Do you like the idea of occasionally hiking, camping, or biking with your neighbors?
- Do you enjoy organizing such activities?
- Are you looking for a community rather than a dream house?