The 6th Annual MA ROC-A-Thon is the premier resident owned community (ROC) event in Massachusetts. This one-day event will bring together ROC leaders from across the state to network with one another, and take workshops on strengthening their communities. This
Cooperative Impact Conference Shines a Light on Sensible Solutions
There are some real, tough issues facing our region, nation, and the world. And folks disagree more than ever on how to address those issues. But one thing people from many different perspectives can agree on is that co-ops are
ROC USA’s First “ROC Only” Leadership Institute Was An Outstanding Success
ROC USA’s first “ROC Only” Leadership Institute was an Outstanding Success By Thomas Choate I arrived Thursday afternoon, driving up I-93 from Providence, RI to Manchester, NH. Upon arrival, familiar faces greeted ROC community leaders and settled in to prepare
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. —
Coming Together, Building the NEROC Community
Nearly 50 community leaders spent a Saturday with CDI and ROC USA at a networking and educational gathering in lovely Kingston, Massachusetts, discussing the needs of resident-owned communities.
Town and Country Estates Becomes ROC USA’s 200th Co-op
Homeowners in the 212-home Town and Country Estates mobile home park took a big step toward securing their financial futures when they collectively bought their neighborhood as a resident corporation last week. The Town & Country Kingston Estates Cooperative Corporation
What Residents Really Need
Jeanee Wright, our Housing Program Specialist in CDI’s NEROC Program, shares how empowering affordable housing residents enables them to meet their needs—and what more we can do to support them.
Learning to ROC with Maine’s 8 Resident Owned Communities
“We all agreed that we ate like kings and queens, learned some valuable skills, and came home with a lot of great information,” says participant Bill Hodgkins, a board member who lives at Wardtown Cooperative.
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
Cooperative Ownership Unites Oak Hill Mobile Home Park
Homeowners in the 247-home Oak Hill Mobile Home Park took a big step toward securing their financial futures when they collectively bought their neighborhood as a resident corporation this week. The Oak Hill Taunton Residents Association Inc. Board of Directors