Homeowners at Colonial Estates in Taunton, MA, now have a new reason to be proud of where they live: they collectively own the manufactured home park. Thanks to a deal closed on August 29th, 2016, residents there no longer pay
Earth Designs Cooperative Plans for Growth through Employee Ownership
A one-woman gardening business in upstate New York has blossomed into a major enterprise since 2001. Now, with the help of Cooperative Development Institute (CDI), that business is sharing its prosperity and becoming all the more successful through employee ownership.
Booming Business for Co-ops
Baby boomers are the next big thing in co-ops, according to Shelterforce, the nation’s oldest housing and community development magazine. As business owners move to retirement, employees have the opportunity to buy the company, and such conversions are a major
Climbing Rents Reversed as Triangle Court Goes Co-op
Triangle Court, a mobile home park at the foothills of the Green Mountain National Forest in Brandon, VT, is under new ownership. With help from CDI, the park residents have united to purchase the park, and it is now a resident
Meet Maine’s Two Newest Resident-Owned Communities
The residents of Sunset Terrace Mobile Home Park in Rockland and residents of Sunset Acres Mobile Home Park in Thomaston recently secured funding support from the Genesis Community Loan Fund in Brunswick, Camden National Bank in Camden, and Maine State
Deer Ridge Mobile Home Park Residents Go Co-op, Find Their Voice
Deer Ridge Mobile Home Park converted to a cooperative last year with our help. They now work together to make decisions about the park, from maintenance to setting the rent. It takes time and effort to find the best ways
Meet the Proud New Land Owners at North Ave Co-op
CDI recently helped more than 100 community members in Burlington who were at risk of losing their homes earlier this fall find an innovative way to keep them. Vermont Public Radio caught up with residents to discuss how they formed
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
Shelburnewood Mobile Home Cooperative Purchases the 28-home Shelburnewood Mobile Home Park
Shelburne, Vt. – Homeowners at Shelburnewood Mobile Home Park took a big step forward toward securing their financial futures when they collectively bought their neighborhood as a residents cooperative today. For 10 years, Shelburnewood residents have lived in a state
Congratulations Real Pickles on transitioning to a Cooperative!
Real Pickles is now a Cooperative! Friends of Real Pickles: As of today, we are now a worker-owned cooperative! Hurray!! Thanks to huge support from our community, a successful community investment campaign, and many months of hard work from our