Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Nickel City homes continue weekly potlucks


          The Nickel City Housing Cooperative will continue hosting its weekly potluck dinners this summer at its two West Side Houses. 
           The cooperative's house at 208 North St., known as  Ol’ Wondermoth,  holds its dinner at 7 p.m. every Wednesday. 
            The second location, known as Plankton house, at 126 Fargo Ave.   offers its dinner at 7 p.m. every Monday.  The potluck dinners are open to the public.    
            Matt Dunning, a resident of Ol’ Wondermoth embraced the idea of the potluck and bringing the community together. 
            “We are very open and the potluck allows us to get people over that maybe have never seen the house before.” Dunning said.  
             Founded in 2001, the Nickel City Housing Cooperative looks to renovate vacant properties in Buffalo and provide low income cooperatively owned housing for anyone.
            Every member of the Nickel City Housing Cooperative is an active member of the North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO), a national organization based in Chicago.
            The housesare leased to the organization through NASCO and residents are expected to help out with daily maintenance. The organization looks to eliminate prejudice and discrimination that can occur when renting property and stressed that all are welcome. 
            The residents of the houses rotate weekly whose responsibility it is to clean or cook.
            “We share meals about five times a week.” Dunning said. “It’s my responsibility to cook once every two weeks.” By Eric Bomysoad