Jonah Fertig-Burd, Cooperative Development Specialist with the Cooperative Food Systems program shared a SparkTalk at the Maine Association of Non-Profits Opt-In Conference at the start of October highlighting how co-ops connect across different regional communities in Maine.
2019 NCBA CLUSA Impact Conference: Power in Purpose – Building the Next Economy
At the NCBA CLUSA 2019 Impact conference, Cooperative Development Institute’s Director of Business Ownership Solutions program, Rob Brown, joined a dynamic panel and showcased CDI’s role in helping to establish a cooperative ecosystem in Maine. The panel, moderated by Cooperative Fund
“Why I love living in a resident owned cooperative”
Why I Love Living in a Resident Owned Cooperative by Joanna Jackson, Medomak Mobile Home Cooperative, Waldoboro, Maine — published by Lincoln County News, October, 2015 Being a member of a resident owned co-op has been life changing for me. There all
CDI places article in Jewish Currents on Cooperatives
CDI Executive Director Noemi Giszpenc contributed an article to the Autumn 2012 issue of Jewish Currents, entitled “Cooperatives: The (Jewish) World’s Best-Kept Secret“. It has interviews with CFNE’s Micha Josephy and Rebecca Dunn of Cooperative Fund of New England, Richard
Op-Ed: Cooperatives could benefit Maine residents
Our own Rob Brown has written a great Op-Ed for the Bangor Daily News for Co-op Month, highlighting the benefits that Resident Ownership through cooperatives could bring to people living in manufactured home parks in Maine.Check it out:http://bangordailynews.com/2012/10/11/opinion/how-trailer-park-cooperatives-could-benefit-maine/