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From left to right: Charter Oaks Village residents Steve Staples, Shannon Staples, Ann Lantagne, Marcus Baldwin at GrowSmart Summit holding their 2019 Smart Growth Award

Congratulations to Charter Oaks Village Cooperative for Winning a GrowSmart Maine Reward!

October 29, 2019 No Comments

Projects that can transform a community, from Millinocket to Arundel, were named “outstanding” in this year’s Smart Growth Awards from GrowSmart Maine, at the nonprofit advocacy group’s second annual summit. Congratulations to Charter Oaks Village Cooperative for winning this prestigious award, and to our NEROC team for making this happen. “The success of Charter Oaks brings positive attention

Resident owners at the new St. George Cooperative

UPDATE: CDI Seeks a Cooperative Housing Specialist–Northwest/Central VT–position filled

October 28, 2019 No Comments

Update: This position is now closed. Thanks to all who applied! We appreciate you! As we continue to grow the New England Resident Owned Communities Program, we are looking for a new team member to join us in Vermont full-time. Affordable housing is crucial for people to lead stable, productive lives and stay out of

Voices from the Field: Immigrants, Collaboration, and Co-ops Revive a Maine Town

October 28, 2019 No Comments

In 2012, Somali refugees started farm businesses, aided by an incubator farm program called the New American Sustainable Agriculture Project (NASAP). A few years later, CDI offered assistance to the Somali Bantu community to provide support and resources that aided their ability to eventually acquire a thirty-acre farm! CDI’s Director of Cooperative Food Systems, Jonah

Spark Talk at Maine Association of Non-Profits Opt-in Conference

October 28, 2019 No Comments

Jonah Fertig-Burd, Cooperative Development Specialist with the Cooperative Food Systems program shared a SparkTalk at the Maine Association of Non-Profits Opt-In Conference at the start of October highlighting how co-ops connect across different regional communities in Maine.

2019 NCBA CLUSA Impact Conference: Power in Purpose – Building the Next Economy

October 22, 2019 No Comments

At the NCBA CLUSA 2019 Impact conference, Cooperative Development Institute’s Director of Business Ownership Solutions program, Rob Brown, joined a dynamic panel and showcased CDI’s role in helping to establish a cooperative ecosystem in Maine. The panel, moderated by Cooperative Fund of New England’s Cooperative Business Support Officer, Carolyn Edsell-Vetter, who also serves as CDI’s Board

CDI Welcomes New Staff!

October 21, 2019 No Comments

We are pleased to welcome Jasmine Jacobs, Victoria Rosen, Shana Siegel and Jacqueline Stuart as new team members at CDI. For more details about each of their backgrounds see the details below or visit our staff bios page. Welcome to the team! Jasmine Jacobs Jasmine Jacobs is a Communications and Development Specialist at CDI. She

Regional Gatherings – NEROC VT

October 21, 2019 No Comments

On Saturday, October 5, 2019, the Vermont team of New England Resident Owned Communities (NEROC) hosted a half-day training for board and co-op members from seven VT ROC communities. Attendees were treated to a legal workshop with Steve Kantor, Esq., who covered topics including: processes for handling non-payment of rent and rule violations, dealing with

De-stigmatizing Manufactured Housing Communities

October 21, 2019 No Comments

By Jeanee Wright – NEROC Housing Specialist October is Anti-Stigma month. I had no idea of that fact when I was asked to sit on a panel at the 2019 Maine State Housing Authority Conference on Affordable Housing held recently on October 1st. The stigma of living in manufactured housing is a personal one for

The Power of Co-ops United in Purpose

October 21, 2019 No Comments

Our Executive Director, Noemi Giszpenc, reflects on the 2019 Cooperative Impact Conference My colleagues were buzzing with excitement at the choice of plenary keynote for the Cooperative Impact Conference at the beginning of October–Felicia Wong of the Roosevelt Institute was sure to deliver a zinger. And she did, calmly laying out item by item how

A Full House with Resident Leadership

October 8, 2019 No Comments

On September 14, more than one hundred resident owned community leaders and co-op members gathered from Massachusetts and Rhode Island for the 6th Annual ROC-A-Thon in Kingston, MA at the beautiful community of Town and Country Estates. Those in attendance represented fifteen ROC communities and three currently pursuing conversion and resident ownership. Echoing previous years,

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Congratulations to Charter Oaks Village Cooperative for Winning a GrowSmart Maine Reward!

UPDATE: CDI Seeks a Cooperative Housing Specialist–Northwest/Central VT–position filled

Voices from the Field: Immigrants, Collaboration, and Co-ops Revive a Maine Town

Spark Talk at Maine Association of Non-Profits Opt-in Conference

2019 NCBA CLUSA Impact Conference: Power in Purpose – Building the Next Economy

CDI Welcomes New Staff!

Regional Gatherings – NEROC VT

De-stigmatizing Manufactured Housing Communities

The Power of Co-ops United in Purpose

A Full House with Resident Leadership

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

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