What if the people who used to feel like strangers could become the family you choose? Craig Della Penna talks with Alex Jarrett (Petal People Cooperative) and Daniel Trenner (a 17-year intentional co-living household) about cooperative business, shared living, and the insurance and policy challenges still standing in the way.

🎧 Hosted by: Craig Della Penna

👤 Guest:

🏡 Alex Jarrett - Co-Founder, Petal People Cooperative

Alex Jarrett co-founded Petal People Cooperative (founded 2002), hauling trash and recycling by bicycle in Northampton, MA every day since 2007, and serves as President of the Northampton City Council.

🏡 Daniel Trenner - Professional Dancer & Co-Liv

Daniel Trenner is a professional dancer who converted his Florence, MA home into an intentional, intergenerational household that has hosted more than 100 residents over 17 years.

ing Pioneer💡 What You'll Learn:

✔️ How Petal People hauls trash and recycling entirely by bicycle

✔️ Why Daniel converted a five-bedroom house into a nine-bedroom intentional household

✔️ Cooperative living vs. co-housing vs. co-living, explained

✔️ Why insurance and lending are still unsolved problems for co-living

✔️ How group living reshaped the pandemic experience for both guests

🎧 Listen now for a fresh, practical look at alternative ways to live and build community.

💼 Connect with Alex Jarrett:

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/pedalpeople (company)

📸 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/pedal_people_coop/ (company)

💼 Connect with Daniel Trenner:

🔗 Website → https://www.alexjarrett.com/campaign/

🏢 Company → https://www.pedalpeople.coop/

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/DanielTrennerTango/

📸 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/trennerstangoarchive/

🔗 Website → https://danieltrenner.com/

🎧 Follow Craig Della Penna:

🌐 Website → https://www.northamptonrealtor.com/

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/craig.dellapenna/

📸 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/craigdp413/

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigdp/

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