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Age-qualified communities, also known as 55+ communities, active adult communities, lifestyle communities, or retirement communities, are often planned communities that offer homes and community features that are attractive to 55+ adults. These might include a clubhouse or lifestyle center with a good many activities, sometimes with indoor and ...
This is a list of intentional communities. An intentional community is a planned residential community designed from the start to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or spiritual vision and often follow an alternative lifestyle.
A continuing care retirement community (CCRC), [1] [2] sometimes known as a life plan community, is a type of retirement community in the U.S. where a continuum of aging care needs—from independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing care—can all be met within the community. [3]
Nude Dudes Chicago is a group of 18- to 40-year-old gay men who host public nudity related events in the Chicago area. [173] NUD R US Family Nudist Club (NFNC) was a small Christian and home-based nudist club near Bloomington. Paradise Creeks Retreat near Aurora, hosts nudist events [174]
A retirement community is a residential community or housing complex designed for older adults who are generally able to care for themselves. Assistance from home care agencies is allowed in some communities, and activities and socialization opportunities are often provided. [ 1 ]
La Puente Valley Woman's Club Women's Club of Coconut Grove, founded in 1891 Andover Chapter House, in 2011 General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters. Woman's clubs or women's clubs are examples of the woman's club movement. Many local clubs and national or regional federations were influential in history.
A community based on "Practical Christianity", which included ideas such as temperance, abolitionism, Women's rights, spiritualism and education. [4] Fruitlands: Massachusetts Amos Alcott: 1843 1844 A Transcendent community. Skaneateles Community: New York Society for Universal Inquiry 1843 1846 A Society for Universal Inquiry and Reform community.
Although many American communes are short-lived, some have been in operation for over 50 years. The Bruderhof was established in the US in 1954, [20] Twin Oaks in 1967 [61] and Koinonia Farm in 1942. [62] Twin Oaks is a rare example of a non-religious commune surviving for longer than 30 years. A newer intentional community is Synchronicity LA.