O’Donal’s Nursery is always busy during the harvest season, but there has been an extra buzz this year. This season marks the garden center’s first as Maine’s newest worker-owned cooperative. O’Donals is widely known and regarded by gardeners, homeowners, and
Report Release: An Assessment of Boston’s Housing Cooperatives
What happened to housing co-ops? In the 1980s and early 1990s, housing cooperatives popped up in cities across the nation. Private and public funding was invested in these shared housing projects. Three decades later, where are they now? A new
[Press Release] US Senate Could Make a Huge Difference in Housing Crisis by Voting to Fund PRICE
[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] August 26, 2022 US Senate Could Make a Huge Difference in Housing Crisis by Voting to Fund PRICE Manufactured Housing Program Manufactured housing is America’s largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing. Last month the House Appropriations Committee
Royal Crest residents purchase their manufactured housing community, securing an affordable and cooperative future
[For Immediate Release] July 29, 2022 [Wareham, Massachusetts] – On July 28, Carol Carver went from leasing the land under her manufactured home to being the co-owner of a multi-million dollar piece of real-estate. Two years ago, Ms. Carver’s landlord
For Immediate Release: Colchester Parks Become Newest ROCS!
For Immediate Release: Colchester Parks Become Newest ROCS! February 10, 2022 Colchester, Vermont Contact: Annik Paul, Vermont State Manager Cooperative Development Institute – New England Resident Owned Communities (802) 851-0110 Kathleen R. Berk, Executive Director Vermont State Housing Authority (802)
New Roots Cooperative Farm purchases farmland
New Roots Cooperative Farm purchases farmland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2022 CONTACT: Omar Hassan, 207-319-6261, newrootscooperativefarm@gmail.com Lewiston, Maine — Today, Jabril Abdi, Mohamed Abukar, Batula Ismail, and Seynab Ali, the four farmers of New Roots Cooperative Farm in Lewiston,
Participatory Management Initiative Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: July 1, 2021 Contacts: Micha Josephy Executive Director Cooperative Fund of New England (617) 910-8065 Rob Brown Director, Business Ownership Solutions Cooperative Development Institute (207) 233-2987 The Cooperative Fund of New England (CFNE) and the Cooperative
Media Advisory: CDI releases Massachusetts Affordable Housing Report
For Immediate Release June 29, 2021 Contact: Margaret Miley – Director, Cooperative Business Services mmiley@cdi.coop 978-973-1200 To celebrate National Home Ownership Month, the Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) released its report– Cooperative Housing Solutions for Massachusetts’ Affordable Housing Crisis.
Ward Lumber Transitions Ownership to Employees
You can also watch this short video that tells the ownership transition story: Ward Lumber Transitions to Employee Ownership FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Rob Brown, Director, Business Ownership Solutions, Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) (207) 233-2987 or rbrown@cdi.coop Alex Pond, Worker-owner, Ward Lumber (518)
Hyde Park mobile home park homeowners buy $3.25M property
For Immediate Release: Contact: Annik Paul, Cooperative Development Institute: (802) 851-0110 Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA, LLC: (603) 513-2791 Paul Nesky, Board President, Sterling View Cooperative Community: (802) 371-8440 HYDE PARK,