WCAX TV just did a story on our work with the New Beginnings Mobile Home Association in Vermont. The story features a great interview with CDI’s Sarah Martin and a touching quote from a New Beginnings resident who calls our
Couple spread good fortune: Touching Press-Republican story features CDI
A recent Press-Republican article showed the cooperative spirit of New Beginnings Mobile Home Association, a New York mobile home community that recently became resident-owned. The article mentions our work with New Beginnings: After park owner Scott Tetreault had decided to shut
Two Letters to the Editors in Support of Maine’s LD 1338
In Maine, we need more parks to convert to resident ownership and that’s why I’m encouraging all legislators to support L.D. 1338, An Act to Create and Sustain Jobs through Development of Cooperatives and Employee-owned Businesses. The bill provides straight-forward
Conifer Green Becomes 19th Resident Owned Community in Massachusetts
For Immediate Release March 7, 2018 Conifer Green Becomes 19th Resident Owned Community in Massachusetts Contacts: Joan Thompson-Stein, President, Conifer Green Andy Danforth, Director, NEROC Program, CDI (401) 439-9795 Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA, LLC (603) 513-2818 KINGSTON, Mass. —
Kingston MA is now all-co-op! 75-home Conifer Green becomes a Resident Owned Community
For Immediate Release March 7, 2018 Conifer Green Becomes 19th Resident Owned Community in Massachusetts Contacts: Joan Thompson-Stein, President, Conifer Green Andy Danforth, Director, NEROC Program, CDI (401) 439-9795 Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA, LLC (603) 513-2818 KINGSTON, Mass. —
CDI’s NEROC program is rocking out with three closings in the last two months!
CDI’s NEROC program assisted the owners and residents of three manufactured home communities in converting to resident owned communities, including our first conversion in Rhode Island! Together, the three communities of Weston’s, Windy Hollow, and Sherwood Village mobile home cooperatives
“Residents form co-op to buy Windy Hollow park” in The Rutland Herald
After three years of hard work, the residents of Windy Hollow Mobile Home Park in Castleton, Vermont have bought their mobile home park and become a cooperative—saving 44 families from the risk of displacement. The Rutland Herald reported Windy Hollow’s
Perseverance Prevails: Residents purchase 44-home park in Rutland County, VT
For Immediate Release February 16, 2018 Windy Hollow MHC Castleton, VT Perseverance Prevails Residents purchase 44-home park in Rutland County; become 215th nationally networked resident-owned community Contacts: Robin Crowningshield, President, Windy Hollow Mobile Home Cooperative Board of Directors Andy Danforth,
“Co-ops are democracy in action:” CDI in Rutland Herald Commentary
A recent opinion piece in the Rutland Herald acknowledged CDI’s work as part of a growing cooperative economy in the Northeast. The authors—Rob Miller of Vermont State Employees Credit Union, Kari Bradley of Hunger Mountain Co-op in Montpelier, and Edward Fox
Residents take ownership of Sherwood Village: Story in The Coventry Courier
Sherwood Village Mobile Home Park has become the first cooperatively managed, resident-owned mobile home park in Rhode Island. Congratulations to Sherwood Village residents! CDI was proud to assist residents in becoming owners. We’re featured in this The Coventry Courier story