The Cooperative Development Institute receives $589,974 from the USDA to support rural prosperity in Maine and the Northeast!

The Cooperative Development Institute (CDI), has recently been awarded three grants totaling $589,974, from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support cooperative development in Maine and the Northeast. For 24 years, CDI has been the Northeast’s center for

Over $400,000 in Public and Private Funds to Support Business Ownership Transitions in Rural Maine

            For Immediate Release October 23, 2018 Contact: Jen Peters – Assistant Director Sunrise County Economic Council, (207) 255-0983, scec@sunrisecounty.org   Rob Brown – Director of Business Ownership Solutions Cooperative Development Institute, (207) 233-2987, rbrown@cdi.coop   Over $400,000 in

Summer of Advocacy by Resident Owned Communities: Finding our voices and making them heard

By Jason Brady, NEROC Cooperative Development Specialist Resident owned communities (ROCs) face internal and external challenges to maintaining affordable housing for their members. When these challenges are political it can take ROC leaders into new territory. To better advocate for