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A juggling act: Common Ground members share a vision

Ottawa Citizen

The balls -- lots of them -- are in the air for Common Ground, an Ottawa-based co-housing group that owes its roots to a housing concept formed in Denmark three decades ago. The Danish experience is based on a collection of private, self-contained homes, built around a common house, shared by the members of the co-housing group. The Danish formula makes interaction among residents a part of everyday life.