For Immediate Release Media Contact: Mohamed Dekow, Executive Director of Sustainable Livelihoods Relief Organization, Dekow.slro@gmail.com, 207-330-1352 Jonah Fertig-Burd, Director of Cooperative Food Systems at Cooperative Development Institute, jfertig-burd@cdi.coop, 207-615-9970 Successful Kickstarter campaign will help Isuken Co-op Food Truck bring Somali Bantu
Rob Brown to Speak at LA Chamber Event – June 2018
Join Rob Brown to learn about cooperative models for succession planning at the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber Event! Thursday, June 14th, 2018 Poland Spring Resort, Poland, Maine Register Now! Join us for breakfast and take advantage of the following specials
“Residents join forces to try to save mobile home park” on WCAX
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
CDI Honored to Receive Continued John Merck Funding
CDI has been awarded $25,000 from the John Merck Fund to support our Cooperative Food Systems program. The John Merck Fund’s support for this project will resource CDI to work with New American vegetable farmers in two New England regions.
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
“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
The Power of Cooperatives in an Ever-Changing Food Economy
In celebration of Co-op Month, Jonah Fertig-Burd, CDI’s Director of Cooperative Food Systems, gave a talk at the Portland Food Co-op on October 26th. Jonah’s presentation examined the ways in which cooperatives have benefited farmers, food producers, and eaters through
Maine ROCs Celebrate Co-op Month
This blog post is written by Jeanee Wright, a Cooperative Development Specialist in CDI’s NEROC program. October 28th was a big day for Maine Resident Owned Communities (ROCs). October is National Co-op Month and we wanted to celebrate the Maine