A shared plan to meet the needs of Owen Sound and Grey County. Glassworks is designing the future of housing in Owen Sound. Glassworks Village is at the fore-front of what the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation has called "the future of affordable housing”.
Glassworks’ mission is to design and build a community for housing, working, and recreation. Our project is designed, not for profit, but for living within our means, and our planet's capacity.
Our mission is to design and build a community where people can live, work and play. Our project is designed for living within our means and our planet's capacity, not to make a profit.
We are part of a much bigger movement. Glassworks Village has been inspired by the cooperative housing movement based on the belief that living collaboratively not only brings people together but increases individual and community wellbeing, while offering chances to be more intentional about our resource use.
Support us in taking the next step! Whether you’re most comfortable contributing time to help achieve our advocacy goals, money to help us grow, or energy to engage with our local governments to support us, we need you on our team.
A shared plan to meet the needs of Owen Sound and Grey County. Glassworks is designing the future of housing in Owen Sound.
Glassworks Village is at the fore-front of what the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation has called "the future of affordable housing”.
Glassworks’ mission is to design and build a community for housing, working, and recreation. Our project is designed, not for profit, but for living within our means, and our planet's capacity.
Our mission is to design and build a community where people can live, work and play. Our project is designed for living within our means and our planet's capacity, not to make a profit.
We are part of a much bigger movement. Glassworks Village has been inspired by the cooperative housing movement based on the belief that living collaboratively not only brings people together but increases individual and community wellbeing, while offering chances to be more intentional about our resource use.
Support us in taking the next step! Whether you’re most comfortable contributing time to help achieve our advocacy goals, money to help us grow, or energy to engage with our local governments to support us, we need you on our team.
“In order to meet the National Housing Strategy’s goal of ensuring that all Canadians have access to a home they can afford and that meets their needs, we need to revisit the current system. Accomplishing this goal will require innovative solutions, systems-level thinking, and collaboration across the governmental, nonprofit, and the private sectors.”
— Financialization & Housing: A Social Innovation Approach to a Better Housing System, December 2021
Cooperative Housing Communities Around the World
At Petaluma Avenue Homes (California), cooperative principles are applied in the community garden, common house, and abundant open space.
Artist rendering of a possible cooperative community plan in Washington State, US.
West Five Proposal for Energy Efficient Townhome
Community sought to minimize the
environmental impact.
The experimental houses at Svartlamon are located in Trondheim, Norway. Five families built their own row houses with a low budget, relying on a lot of reuse, and environmentally friendly materials. Learn More Here
The District of Summerland, BC is working with a team of consultants to create a concept plan for a Sustainable Eco-Village. Learn More Here
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Glassworks acknowledges with deep gratitude the territory of the Anishnaabek Nation: the People of the Three Fires known as Ojibwe, Odawa, and Pottawatomie Nations. We further give thanks to the Chippewas of Saugeen, and the Chippewas of Nawash, now known as the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, as the traditional keepers of this 46 acres of land.
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