Jasmine Jacobs, Author at Cooperative Development Institute

Maine USDA Grants Press Release

October 22, 2020 No Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Doug Clopp, Director of Communications Cooperative Development Institute 1-207-318-2378 dclopp@cdi.coop Join us live streaming at 1pm: Cooperative Development Institute Facebook Page USDA Announces Three New Grant Awards Totaling $624,892 for the Cooperative Development Institute, Expanding Opportunity for Community Impact in Maine & Throughout Northeast LEWISTON, ME—October 22, 2020—The United States Department

More Democracy, More Life

September 23, 2020 No Comments

Picture an ideal world, functioning sublimely well. A problem arises–how does it get handled? Someone has an idea–what happens to it? There is a dispute between two people–how does it get resolved? Hopefully, your answer isn’t, “In an ideal world, I decide and people do things my way.” For one thing, that would be exhausting

The Opposite of Oppression: Cooperation

September 15, 2020 2 Comments

Written By Noemi Giszpenc, CDI’s executive director There are a lot of different ways that oppression can look and show up in the world. This past Spring and Summer, the news has brought us face-to-face with pretty much all of them, from systemic and historic injustice priming communities of color to be most impacted by

Encountering Community With CDI

September 9, 2020 No Comments

Written by Eric Fleischmann With a horribly mismanaged epidemic, economic downturn, more and more cases of police brutality against POC, and a coming election that has left many young people disillusioned, this is quite a time to come of age as a politically minded young adult in the United States. Frankly, the whole thing is

New Housing Co-op in Portland Maine is approved by the City!

August 12, 2020 1 Comment

Written By Julian Rowand, Arthur Sabiti and Jonah Fertig-Burd CDI has been working to develop new limited equity housing co-ops in Greater Portland, Maine. This work has accelerated this year with new partnerships, support from the City and a successful proposal for Portland’s first housing co-op. In March, CDI, Raise Op Housing Co-op from Lewison

The Future of Manufactured Housing is Here!

August 12, 2020 No Comments

For Immediate Release: August 11, 2020 Pine Tree Village Cooperative Carver, Massachusetts Contact: Colleen Preston – Cooperative Development Institute (508) 951-0631 Alison Donovan – VEIC (802) 540-7605 The Future of Manufactured Housing is Here! Today, at Pine Tree Village Cooperative, a resident-owned manufactured housing community in Carver, Massachusetts, residents welcomed their first Zero Energy Modular

A Bittersweet Goodbye to our CFS Program Director

August 11, 2020 2 Comments

Written by Jonah Fertig-Burd, CDI’s Cooperative Food System Program Director I wanted to share the news with our clients, collaborators, and supporters that I will be leaving CDI at the end of August to start a new job as the Community Partner at the Sewall Foundation in Maine leading their Food Systems Programs. It has

M4BL supports Maine’s first immigrant-owned farming co-op

August 4, 2020 No Comments

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 released by Mainer News Cooperative, a worker-owned solidarity (multi-stakeholder) cooperative that includes Mainer staff and regular contributors and

Jasmine Jacobs

Maine USDA Grants Press Release

More Democracy, More Life

The Opposite of Oppression: Cooperation

Encountering Community With CDI

New Housing Co-op in Portland Maine is approved by the City!

The Future of Manufactured Housing is Here!

A Bittersweet Goodbye to our CFS Program Director

M4BL supports Maine’s first immigrant-owned farming co-op

Small businesses are struggling. Workers can be the solution.

Radically Rural: Keeping Rural Businesses Open Across Generations

News & Updates

Eastern Garage Door becomes employee-owned cooperative after 100 years in business

Bangor residents purchase community for $8M, dozens of new affordable homes planned

CDI awarded $17.8M to repair failing water infrastructure for thousands of households

Vermont community takes on $2M septic crisis with the help of CDI’s WISP Program

Residents purchase manufactured home park for $26M, first deal of its kind in Maine

Brookfield Meadows becomes newest resident-owned community in Massachusetts

Jasmine Jacobs

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