WELCOME TO MILAGRO! We are a thriving cohousing community built on mutual trust, respect, self-governance, consensus, and environmental stewardship. We are members of a multigenerational cohousing community on Tucson's west side in the Tucson Mountain foothills, just fifteen minutes from downtown Tucson. We share a common vision of living together in community in a manner that respects the beautiful and fragile Sonoran Desert in which we live. While acknowledging that each of us holds dear our personal views and beliefs, we are united by our shared core values.
This is our Milagro.
What Does It Mean To Join Milagro?
Becoming a member of Milagro offers both significant benefits and real obligations. Cohousing communities are unique living environments that require considerable member participation. While Milagro has a minimum work requirement of six hours per month, many of our community members commit considerably more time to the management and maintenance of our community.
The benefits include new friendships, shared work and play, social events and shared celebrations, community dinners, a beautiful and peaceful living environment, walking paths through natural open space, and shared infrastructure–a common house, swimming pool, laundry room, workshop, and EV charging stations.
The obligations include actively participating in the physical and nonphysical work necessary to maintain our self-managed community, including monthly community workdays, general maintenance and repairs, landscaping, gardening, cleaning, community food preparation, leading tours, participating in community and committee meetings, coordinating community events, and digital work.
Common House & Grassy Circle
At the heart of the community sits the 3600 square foot Common House. Much of it consists of a spacious hall for meeting or eating. There is a library room with a fireplace — for reading, small gatherings or movies; a kids’ playroom; a large well-equipped kitchen; storage rooms, laundry room and drying yard. The set-up in the common house allows us to hold family, community and larger neighborhood events throughout the year.
Around the Common House is a paved area, grape arbor, grass circle, butterfly garden, outdoor chairs and tables, and our community swimming pool with shaded area.
Pool & Playgrounds
Our kid-friendly, solar heated pool is 40 x 16 feet and no deeper than 4 ft. It’s very popular in the summer months and we close it down for the coldest months to save energy.
A basketball hoop provides practice space for young and older hoop shooters.
A playhouse and swings provide play space for our youngest members.
Orchard & Community Gardens
The lush basins fronting our homes are designed to catch rainwater and prevent runoff. Our underground recycled wastewater irrigation system ensures enough water for the many plants and trees - both native and fruit-bearing - in those basins.
The main walkway between our two rows of houses is flanked by gardens maintained and enjoyed by the community as a whole. There are flowers, trees for shade and fruit, a central lawn and play structures for the kids.
Our community vegetable garden near the common house has three raised beds for growing organic vegetables.
Workshop, Labyrinth and Environs
Our community workshop contains the tools, supplies, equipment, and workspace for community and individual homeowner projects.
We also share a:
Meditative Labyrinth
Boundary Line Trail around the perimeter of our 43 acres
Expansive, scenic views across the Camino de Oeste Wash and beyond to five mountain ranges surrounding Tucson!
Cohousing as a Way of Living
Many long-term cohousing community members credit living in cohousing as an important personal growth experience. Personal qualities cited as critical to that growth include a willingness to:
Value respect, relationships, and authenticity
Learn and grow from relationships and cooperative work
Listen carefully and reflect on what is heard
Share thoughts and feelings responsibly
Work constructively with those who may have differing points of view
Shift perspective to see an issue through another’s lens
Be open to constructive feedback
Recognize individual differences in ability to contribute