CDI is seeking an experienced and flexible leader with non-profit and cooperative experience to serve as Interim Executive Director! Our current Executive Director has served us steadfastly for 13 years, transitioning a small handful of staff to an organization with
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,
Press Release: The Home Beautiful Transitions Ownership to Employees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Belmont, New Hampshire Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Contacts: Bruce Hamel – Founder of The Home Beautiful thb@home-beautiful.com Rob Brown, Director, Business Ownership Solutions, Cooperative Development Institute (207) 233-2987 rbrown@cdi.coop Tom
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.
M4BL supports Maine’s first immigrant-owned farming co-op
M4BL Supports Maine Food Co-ops The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) evoked a global response to support Black-owned enterprises. In America, this support led to extending contributions of time and funds to Black-owned businesses across the country. In Maine, we’re excited to share an article
Enough is enough is enough already
Written by Noemi Giszpenc, Executive Director As I’m writing this, it’s June 1, 2020 — the first day of hurricane season — and I’m wondering, what’s it going to take? The Amazon burned, Australia burned, Paradise burned. Minneapolis and L.A.
COVID-19 Tragedy in Maine and #BetterTogetherFund
COVID-19 tragedy in Maine and #BetterTogetherFund Donate to the #BetterTogether Fund Today Written by Julian Rowand, NEROC Cooperative Development Specialist The global pandemic has been difficult for us all. Living and working in cooperative communities lends itself to the mutual aid
Welcoming the Spring with Appreciation for All Life
They say you can boil a frog alive as long as you heat it slowly. It won’t notice the gradual change in temperature until it’s too late to jump out. This tells me we’re not the only ones who can
A Note From our NEW NEROC Director
“By the gap I mean the gap between the hard realities around us and what we know is possible — not because we wish it were so, but because we’ve seen it with our own eyes.” Parker Palmer I’ve been thinking
Colonial Estates Embraces Resident Ownership
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