February 18, 2025 Bangor, Maine – Residents of Cedar Falls Mobile Home Park formed a cooperative and today signed an $8 million deal to purchase their community, preserving nearly 130 affordable homes and solidifying plans to install dozens of new homes on the 79-acre park. Cedar Falls on Finson Road is home to families and
Northampton, MA – December 19, 2024 – The Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) Main program today awarded the Cooperative Development Institute $17,890,795 to implement infrastructure projects at resident-owned communities representing thousands of households across the Northeast, helping to preserve the affordability and sustainability of homes in our region. In addition, PRICE funding
Northampton, MA – The Northeast Regional Food Business Center awarded the Cooperative Development Institute a $100,000 grant to support emerging networks of cooperative immigrant and Muslim food businesses in the Northeast. The grant will help CDI increase access to affordable and culturally relevant foods and expand markets for the region’s farmers and producers. CDI’s Immigrant
October 26, 2024 | Hartford, CT — We had a blast at the Beyond Business as Usual 2024 conference this past weekend! Pável Uranga, director of CDI’s Immigrant Services, spoke on a panel with our visionary colleagues about how the cooperative model can support immigrant communities and the challenges they face. Learn more about our
After inheriting failing leach fields, the Sunset Lake Cooperative is securing critical funding to overhaul its wastewater system and safeguard residents’ health By: April Myers | Communications Associate of ROC USA HINESBURG, Vt. – In 2019, shortly after the residents of Sunset Lake Cooperative purchased their community, they noticed an odor coming from their land
Brunswick, Maine—October 10, 2024—The residents of Linnhaven Mobile Home Park organized together to purchase their 278-home community for $26.3 million, marking the first deal of its kind since a new Maine law went into effect last year requiring park owners to notify residents when their properties are put up for sale. The residents closed on
By Heather Holland | Published Sept. 10, 2024 Brookfield, MA — The residents of Brookfield Meadows, a 55+ community with 61 homes, have organized together to purchase their manufactured home park for $3.9 million, making them the newest resident-owned cooperative community in Massachusetts. The 36-acre park, surrounded by dense trees and nature trails, located at
By Jay Poggi | Published August, 21, 2024 August 2024 marks CDI’s 30th Anniversary. We are honored to have supported hundreds of cooperatives in our 30 years as a nonprofit, whether it was helping to develop new cooperatives or strengthen existing ones. All of the cooperatives have one thing in common: They address the pressing
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)
