The Freya Apartments, our latest co-living community, will open its doors next month. As part of the launch, we are trying out a new idea: An artist-in-residence program that will provide a dozen artists free rent for five months as they live at The Freya and use their art to capture their experiences and the process of building a community.
Credit for the idea belongs to OpenDoor, a co-living management company based in the Bay area that we recruited to open a Seattle office to manage Freya and its cousin project Karsti (opening in Ballard early 2021). They are a mission-driven property management company focused solely on co-living communities. They have really dug into the nuts and bolts of living together to provide a range of innovative practices for how to operate co-living communities. We are beyond excited to combine their unique skill set with the physical environment we have created at Freya.
To apply for the Artist-in-Residence program visit: http://join.opendoor.io/lb8bn4
In addition to the Artist-in-Residence program, notable features of the building operations will include:
- The project will feature a shared grocery and meals program to both build community and help residents save money on food costs.
- Community leaders will be recruited to help support day-to-day operations in exchange for a rent stipend.
- Some of the building fixture budget will be left unspent at the project launch to allow for community input as to how these areas can be best outfitted.
- Special interests of the residents will be identified and become part of the branding for the community to create distinctive cohorts within the building.
- Twenty (20) of the units will be reserved for income qualified applicants and rented at 40% AMI (currently $760/mo).
