“Residents in Augusta Turn Mobile Home Community Into Co-op,” interview by Amy Browne of Jessica Pooley, CDI Cooperative Development Specialist, about Deer Ridge, the fourth resident-owned community in Maine as of February 10, 2015. WERU News Report 3/11/15.
“Resident-Owned Mobile Home Parks Foster Friendships,” by Elodie Reed, St. Albans Messenger, August 18, 2014. CDI provided pre-acquisition assistance to both featured resident-owned communities and continues to provide ongoing assistance.
“Milton Mobile Home Co-op“, July 20, 2014, Cooperative Vermont‘s Matt Cropp and Eric Davis interview CDI’s Jeremiah Ward about the trend of mobile home residents cooperatively purchasing their mobile home parks that has been growing since the 1980s, and discuss the experience of the creation the Milton Mobile Home Co-op with resident board members Val Sicard and Karen White.
“WERU News Report, 6/18/14: …In Deer Isle-Stonington a landmark was achieved last week, with the formation of the largest worker-owned cooperative in the state… Today on the News Report we’re talking with some of the people involved in the process, to learn what went on behind-the-scenes, and how this model might be applied in other places to protect small local businesses.” by Amy Browne, WERU Community Radio, June 18, 2014.
“Co-op Business Starting Up in Worcester” by Amanda Robarge, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, April 14, 2014. Worcester Roots Project’s “We Own It” campaign to support the formation of new co-ops.