Meet Cathy, the Cooperative Development Institute’s new answerwoman! She can take on any co-op questions you might have, big or small. Today we address the questions: “Is there such thing as a digital co-op? Is there something specific about a co-op for digital workers? How can the co-op model matter to digital workers and what
“2015 is truly a booming co-op year,” our own Jessica Pooley told WERU in a radio interview. Whether the focus was housing, food, business conversions, or a vision for a cooperative future, CDI increased momentum by championing the co-op cause everywhere we went. Concerns about economic inequality brought the model to the fore and co-ops
Residents of Rustic Pines Estates, an age-restricted over-55 manufactured home community located off of Plain Street in North Attleboro, have taken a giant leap forward in securing their own destiny by purchasing their park to own and run it themselves. The purchase was facilitated by ROC USA Capital, which also provided funding for the $1,350,000
Many thanks to Stephen Betts of the Bangor Daily News for his article today on the recent purchase by residents of two mobile home parks in and near Rockland, Maine. The Cooperative Development Institute is proud to have brought the total number of resident-owned cooperatives in Maine to eight, with support from lending partners Genesis Fund
The residents of Sunset Terrace Mobile Home Park in Rockland and residents of Sunset Acres Mobile Home Park in Thomaston recently secured funding support from the Genesis Community Loan Fund in Brunswick, Camden National Bank in Camden, and Maine State Housing Authority (Maine Housing) in Augusta, to become the 7th and 8th Resident Owned Communities
As we continue to grow the New England Resident Owned Communities Program, we are looking for one new team member to join us in southeast Massachusetts at full-time. Please see the summary job description below, and the full description: Position Housing Specialist SE MA 2016. Position Overview: Successful candidate will work as a Housing Program Specialist
New Roots Cooperative Farm has secured a new 30-acre farm in Lewiston, Maine, with support from Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) and Land for Good. MFT and New Roots intend to develop an agreement that will allow the farmers to purchase the land at a future date, and maintain secure access in the meantime. This parcel
Deer Ridge Mobile Home Park converted to a cooperative last year with our help. They now work together to make decisions about the park, from maintenance to setting the rent. It takes time and effort to find the best ways to work together and Deer Ridge is no exception. Residents have learned to stand up
Tragedy visited Wardtown Mobile Home Park Co-op when Mason Donahue’s life was cut short at just 34 days. Mason died of sudden infant death syndrome on May 23, 2015. Their co-op community gathered around the family and extended their support, demonstrating one of the key reasons why shared ownership matters. KeepMeCurrent.com writes: Money is tight,
As we continue to grow the New England Resident Owned Communities Program, we are looking for two new team members to join us: one in Vermont at full-time and one in southeast Massachusetts at part-time (with the possibility of increasing time in the future). Please see the summary job description below, and the full descriptions:
