Kathy spent most of her professional career working in communications, first as the owner of her own company, then in medical research at a major hospital.  Having moved every two years as a child, she had a longing for deep roots and cohousing caught her imagination. She and three founders launched the first “cohousing light” community in Canada, designed to streamline the cohousing process without compromising community building. She believes that Our Urban Village might be one variation on the cohousing theme that would help more urban communities be built in pricey urban settings like Vancouver, Canada where prices just reached $1200 a square foot.