CDI celebrates 25 years of growing the cooperative economy with the release of our Year in Review (YIR)! We’re excited to share our 2019 reflections with you. With new additions to our staff, social media channels, and strategic partners, CDI has evolved. Highlighting our growth and accomplishments, we showcase launching our Instagram page and increasing
Many residents have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. ROCUSA is raising money to provide grants for ROC households diagnosed with COVID-19. For each dollar raised, ROC USA and ROC Association will provide a combined match of one dollar, up to $10,000. As cooperatives, ROCs are manufactured home communities owned and operated by their residents. These
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 be caught unawares by something that’s been building for a while — something we can
The USDA released a COVID-19 Federal Resource Guide to help rural communities address the pandemic, sharing federal funding and partnership opportunities. Sonny Perdue, U.S Secretary of Agriculture, said “This resource guide will help our rural leaders, whether they are in agriculture, education, health care or any other leadership capacity, understand what federal assistance is available for
Check out the NEW interactive map connecting cooperative and economic developers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers with the cooperative resources in their communities. A special thank you to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Cooperatives for creating this tool, which derives from their broader project: Collective Action in Rural Communities: Mapping Opportunities for Cooperative Conversion and Start-up.
Resources surrounding the Coronavirus have overwhelmed our inboxes, timelines, and news channels, but recently, the Stimulus Relief Proposal was passed to offer comfort to our nation. In an effort to share the benefits of this proposal, we’ve curated essential information for small business loans, unemployment for employees and employers, and assistance for freelancers, self-employed, and
This form will be used within CDI to circulate questions, concerns and/or resources relative to COVID-19. Before submitting your request, we want to encourage you to take a look at our resource doc, COVID 19 Resources, in case there is information in it which might be able to help address your question or concern. CDI
Don’t just survive the pandemic, build the world we want Let us start from a realization of abundance. We have enough, and more than enough, of all that we need. All may eat. All may have a decent place to sleep. There is no good reason for anyone to be denied care. Let us not
This form will be used internally within CDI to circulate questions, concerns and/or resources relative to COVID-19. Before submitting your request, we want to encourage staff to take a look at our resource doc, COVID 19 Resources, in case there is information in it which might be able to help address your question or concern. CDI
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Emmy Andersson Network Coordinator Cooperative Maine Business Alliance 207-576-3690 emmy@maine.coop FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Cooperative Maine Business Alliance’s Principle Six Conference: Build Your Skills, Grow Our Co-ops April 4th, 9:00am – 4pm, University of Maine Hutchinson Center 80 Belmont Ave, Belfast, ME The Cooperative Maine Business Alliance (CMBA)
