A Letter from CDI’s Executive Director Dear friends, collaborators, colleagues, donors, and CDI community, Three years ago, I announced my intention to leave my role as Executive Director. I write to you today to announce that we are now
Job Posting: Interim Executive Director
CDI is seeking an experienced and flexible leader with non-profit and cooperative experience to serve as Interim Executive Director! Our current Executive Director has served us steadfastly for 13 years, transitioning a small handful of staff to an organization with
Updated: Application Period now closed for Director of Fundraising and Communications
Updated: The application period for this position closed on September 15, 2016. Thank you to everyone for your interest! CDI seeks a qualified person to serve as Director of Fundraising and Communications within the organization. This is a new position.
Rural Cooperatives Magazine Features Advice from CDI
For Tax Day this year, we published a Co-op Cathy column that answered the questions “What is the maximum dividend rate that co-ops can offer on preferred stock?” and “What are the implications of issuing preferred stock vs. raising capital
Data on Vermont’s Co-ops Now Available
We recently teamed up with Cabot Creamery, the Association of Vermont Credit Unions, and VSECU to build a database of every co-op in the state of Vermont. Now, the results are in! The high-profile cooperative census has helped to create
CDI Helps Save Over 100 Affordable Homes in Burlington, VT
Each night for the last year, homeowners at Farrington’s Mobile Home Park went to bed knowing that having a future in their homes wasn’t a guarantee. The 117 lot community was put on the market for $5 million when its
CDI is “the most optimistic group of people I have ever worked with”
Earlier this year, we asked many of you to respond to a survey about our work. Now, the responses are in, and we’re proud and excited about the results. Check out the highlights we’ve pulled out from the data and
Newsletter: CDI Speaks before the UN and Wins the “People’s Choice Award”
CDI to the United Nations: Sustainable Development through Cooperative Development CDI Executive Director Noemi Giszpenc was invited to present at the U.N. in New York as part of a panel on the “Sustainable Development Goals” and how to engage citizen
CDI Wins “People’s Choice Award” for Transitions to Worker Ownership
Rob Brown, director of Business Ownership Solutions at CDI, was among ten finalists chosen to do short presentations on their innovative economic and community development ideas at the Friends of Midcoast Maine annual meeting. His presentation showed how converting existing
CDI to the United Nations: Sustainable Development through Cooperative Development
Can cooperatives help achieve sustainability and peace in the world? We think so! The United Nations is no stranger to cooperatives. 2012 was declared the International Year of Cooperatives, and the Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon noted that co-ops “are a