“You can see the end in sight,” one future resident says of the environmentally conscious cohousing community in McCandless.

The spring sun strikes a hilly, green corner of La Roche University’s campus. It’s quiet, save the sound of a few cars on this calmer portion of Cumberland Road near UPMC Passavant – McCandless.
Over a stream and up its western bank, people drift into the Sisters of Divine Providence’s Kearns Spirituality Center. Inside, a group of 30-some settle into cafeteria seats as three musicians strike up a tune.
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