Stone Soup Cooperative

Stone Soup Cooperative
Founded 1997
Type Housing cooperative
Focus Student housing, affordable housing, sustainability
Location
Website StoneSoupCoop.org

Stone Soup Cooperative is a housing cooperative created in Chicago, Illinois in 1997. A collective of activists working and living in Chicago began renting a former convent with the goal of creating an intentional community for "Joy and Justice."[1] The cooperative was founded on the principle of the stone soup fable, which resonated with the original 10-12 founders.[2] The story is a lesson in cooperation in which a town comes together to turn a pot of boiling water with a stone in it into a hearty soup that can be shared amongst all its inhabitants by each adding one ingredient.

In 2000, members raised enough money for a down payment on the Leland House[3] and in 2003 the collective jointly purchased Hoyne House.


References

  1. ↑ Manier, Jeremy (November 9, 1997). "Former Convent Takes On Diverse New Life". Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
  2. ↑ Patel, Eboo (September 15, 2010). The Story of an American Muslim, in the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation. Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807006313.
  3. ↑ Chicago Community Loan Find 2009/2010 Annual Report


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