Do you want to help start and grow enterprises that are locally owned and controlled and meet community members’ needs and aspirations? Do you want to help workers build wealth through ownership and advance economic opportunity, security and justice? The Cooperative Development Institute is looking for an exceptionally well-organized, task-oriented person with strong project management
For Immediate Release: Colchester Parks Become Newest ROCS! February 10, 2022 Colchester, Vermont Contact: Annik Paul, Vermont State Manager Cooperative Development Institute – New England Resident Owned Communities (802) 851-0110 Kathleen R. Berk, Executive Director Vermont State Housing Authority (802) 828-3019 Gus Seelig, VHCB Executive Director Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (802) 828-3251 Anne Loecher,
New Roots Cooperative Farm purchases farmland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2022 CONTACT: Omar Hassan, 207-319-6261, newrootscooperativefarm@gmail.com Lewiston, Maine — Today, Jabril Abdi, Mohamed Abukar, Batula Ismail, and Seynab Ali, the four farmers of New Roots Cooperative Farm in Lewiston, purchased the 30-acre former dairy farm that New Roots has been leasing for the past
For Immediate Release Contacts: James St. Pierre, Board President, North Street Association, (978) 317-8780 Joe Cicirelli, Program Director, CDI (413) 665-1271 (ext. 6) Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA, LLC (603) 513-2791  Danvers, Massachusetts –  Long a part of the Danvers landscape but now taking on a new life, the
CDI seeks a full-time Communications Manager to conduct CDI’s communications & digital projects. The Communications Manager will develop strategies and build campaigns for CDI’s communications channels to expand our audience, attract new funders, and build new strategic partnerships. This position involves in-person travel to meet and document our clients and their work and to tell their
What lessons can we learn from the pandemic? How can we better support Maine’s farmers and local food system? In 2021, CDI, CEI, MFT and MOFGA joined forces to survey how COVID-19 is impacting Maine’s food system. While the pandemic is not yet over, and it’s too soon to draw conclusions about long-term impacts, the
What lessons can we learn from the pandemic? How can we better support Maine’s farmers and local food system? In 2021, CDI, CEI, MFT and MOFGA joined forces to survey how COVID-19 is impacting Maine’s food system. While the pandemic is not yet over, and it’s too soon to draw conclusions about long-term impacts, the
Come join our cooperative business development team! We work with groups that are considering starting a co-op, established co-ops, and the cooperative ecosystem. We’re seeking an experienced co-op business developer to join our team. See our full CBS-CFS Cooperative Developer Job Description. Here is the application form: Please fill out the form
Us: Growing, dynamic policy innovator with business savvy and community heart You: a development professional with strategic vision, robust follow-through, team attitude, and sense of humor Let’s: create the world we want to live in, step by step! We are seeking a full-time Development Director to conduct CDI’s fundraising projects and oversee communications. The successful
Maine’s NEROC Staff Partner with the Staff of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund’s ROC-NH program for an Informative ROC101 Training Late last month, seventeen resident leaders, representing seven of Maine’s ten Resident Owned Communities braved the weather forecast and convened at the Medomak Mobile Home Cooperative in Waldoboro, Maine to participate in a ROC
