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New Community (Co-op)

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New Community (New Comm) is a student housing cooperative located in East Lansing, Michigan and a member house of the Michigan State University Student Housing Cooperative (MSU SHC). After having been founded as an independent cooperative in the 1960s, New Community has undergone a series of changes and remains a staple of progressive living in the region.

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New Community (Co-op)
Division Street, East Lansing

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