The Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) is seeking new members of our board of directors! This is your opportunity to apply your experience and skills to make a meaningful impact in our communities and be a part of a growing, innovative nonprofit. The growing cooperative movement is at the forefront of creative solutions to pressing problems,
July 25, 2024 | By: Heather Holland Bethel, Maine — Jesper Kruse, an experienced carpenter and the founder of Maine Passive House, had many reasons why he decided to transition his 15-year-old company to an employee-owned cooperative. For one, he wanted to retain his experienced staff, and two, Kruse, who is 55 years old, wanted
A new halal meat production and processing food system in Maine is one step closer to becoming a reality thanks to the support of CDI and new funding from the USDA Rural Development agency. There are two components that are in the works to create this new halal meat food system in the state: 1)
July 2, 2024 U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders visited the North Avenue Cooperative in Burlington, Vermont today to tour the community and meet its resident-owners. During the tour, he stopped to speak with CDI about the housing crisis and how manufactured-home communities that are cooperatively run can help solve this nationwide problem. The North Avenue Cooperative
June 26, 2024 Carver, Mass. — Pine Tree Village, a community of 185 manufactured homes, will receive $4.4 million through the state’s Affordable Housing Development Grant to replace its aging water infrastructure, allowing residents to have safe and reliable drinking water. CDI successfully supported the community in applying for the grant. Mass. Governor Maura Healey
June 18, 2024 | By: Heather Holland In honor of CDI’s 30th anniversary, we tracked down our founders and founding board members to learn more about our history and understand the big dreams they had when they started our organization back in 1994. Many of them had not been in touch with CDI for decades
Community Meeting Notice Seeking Input on Application to HUD for Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) Competition The Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) is preparing to submit an application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) Main Program seeking $32,528,500 in infrastructure funding for
Taunton, MA — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell took a tour of Oak Hill, a resident-owned manufactured home community, on Wednesday and heard from residents about the challenges they and other manufactured home communities face in maintaining safe and affordable housing. The visit coincided with AG Campbell’s release of an updated Guide to Manufactured Housing
By: Heather Holland Three resident-owned manufactured home communities in Maine, representing 153 homes, received a combined total of $2.3 million in grants and forgivable loans for drinking water infrastructure upgrades, thanks to support from CDI’s WISP program. The water infrastructure projects are being funded in part by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), a federal
New solar co-op gears up to power hundreds of homes in Maine Published May 7, 2024 | By: Heather Holland NORWAY, MAINE — A new energy cooperative aims to roll out solar projects at six sites in Western Maine, eventually producing enough electricity to power 200 to 300 homes. Maine Community Power, expects to be
