Sunwise Co-op

Location:

2535 Westernesse Road

Phone

+1 (530)753-7657

Email

<sunwise.coop AT gmail.com>

Website

overview

blog

photo album

Established

1979

• Check out our blog for a flavor of life and events at Sunwise Co-op.

• Thanks everyone, Davis Student Co-op is saved! See Save DSC for more info. Special note: residents from Davis Student Co-op in the late 1970s helped to found Sunwise Co-op!

• We're building a new cooperative on 3rd and J, opening January 2011! See our parent organization, Solar Community Housing Association, for details and info on how to get involved!

Sunwise Co-op is a cooperative household in the Village Homes neighborhood in West Davis. Sunwise is an eco-friendly house run cooperatively, providing low-income housing opportunities in Davis, California. The 8-bedroom house is full of low-impact features such as solar water heating, photovoltaic panels, passive solar design, and composting. We grow our own veggies in a big luscious garden, and enjoy the company of chickens and bees (and each other). We maintain the house through weekly chores and monthly workdays, share vegetarian/vegan dinners Monday through Thursday, and make decisions by consensus during bi-weekly house meetings. All house members must be either students or earn less than 80% of median income for the region, which last year was about $38,000.

Sunwise is owned by Solar Community Housing Association, a Davis non-profit dedicated to create community and respect for the environment through affordable, cooperative housing. We are members of NASCO.

Sunwise is open to boarders! (Boarders: someone who cooks and eats with us.) If you are looking for a good place to cook and eat organic vegetarian dinners, with a bunch of friendly faces and at a low budget, please stop by at 7:30, Monday-Thursday. Call us at (530)753-7657.

Sunwisers in October 2009

Sunwisers — March 2008

Our kitchen

Good food Brand new grape trellis

Video

• Youtube video of chickens

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2010-02-22 23:00:43   Room Available at Sunwise Co-op (Davis)

Sunwise Co-op is an eco-friendly house run cooperatively, providing low-income housing opportunities in Davis, California. Located in Village Homes, the house is full of low-impact features such as solar water heating, photovoltaic panels, passive solar design, and composting. We grow our own veggies in a big luscious garden, and have chickens and bees. We maintain the house through weekly chores and monthly workdays, share vegetarian/vegan dinners, and make decisions by consensus during bi-weekly house meetings. All house members must be either students or earn less than 80% of median income for the region (about $38,000).

Sunwise is part of the Solar Community Housing Association, a Davis non-profit dedicated to create community and respect for the environment through affordable, cooperative housing.

One of our eight rooms will be available April 1st. We may have other openings in the near future, so contact us if you are interested in our cooperative house. We would love to meet you, share a meal with you, and show you our house.

We are looking for co-operative, open-minded, responsible and flexible housemates who enjoy cooking, gardening, and living in groups. "Meet the house" dinners are being scheduled in late February and in March. If interested, please fill out the attached application questionnaire and email it to sunwise.coop@ gmail.com or call us at (530) 753-7657.

1. Tell us a little about yourself in terms of work, school, or however you spend your time.

2. Have you ever lived in a cooperative housing situation before? What interests you about living here?

3. Why are you leaving your current residence?

4. From what you have heard so far, how do you see yourself being involved in our community? What would you bring to the community in terms of technical or interpersonal skills, hobbies, etc.?

5. How often would you be available to join in our house dinners (Monday-Thursday at 7:30pm)?

6. How long are you interested in living here? Could you sign a year lease?

7. Please let us know what evenings you would be available for a “meet the house” dinner. Dinners are at 7:30pm Sundays through Thursdays; please allow at least 1 hour; we’ll feed you.

8. Do you have any pets?

9. Please provide us with a name, phone number, email, or other way of contacting you to follow up on your application.

   —DerekDowney