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The Home Beautiful employee owners in front of their store

Press Release: The Home Beautiful Transitions Ownership to Employees

October 4, 2021 No Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Belmont, New Hampshire Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Contacts: Bruce Hamel – Founder of The Home Beautiful thb@home-beautiful.com Rob Brown, Director, Business Ownership Solutions, Cooperative Development Institute (207) 233-2987 rbrown@cdi.coop Tom DuBois, General Manager & New Employee Owner, The Home Beautiful 603-524-5588 tom@home-beautiful.com Watch the

Connecting with the Past and the Future of Indigenous People

August 24, 2021 No Comments

Connecting with the Past and the Future of Indigenous People By Noémi Giszpenc In June of this year, CDI and CFNE staff and board members had the chance to participate in a workshop offered by Wabanaki Reach on the 400-year history of colonization experienced by Indigenous people in our region and perpetrated by successive waves

Activists demonstrating against global warming

It’s Getting Hot in Here – How Co-ops are addressing Climate Change

August 24, 2021 No Comments

by Doug Clopp Climate change is having a profound impact on our nation and the world. 2020 was the second hottest year on our planet ever recorded. According to the National Centers for Environmental Information Global Climate Report released in May, it’s very likely that 2021 will rank among the ten hottest years on record.

Workers from Ward Lumber in front of their Jay, NY location

UPDATED: Job filled: Cooperative Business Development Specialist

August 19, 2021 1 Comment

Do you want to help preserve businesses and grow more and better jobs throughout the Northeast? Do you want to help workers build wealth through ownership and advance economic opportunity, security and justice? Then we’ve got a Cooperative Business Developer position for you! The Cooperative Development Institute is looking for an enterprising, highly organized innovator

UPDATED Job opening-POSITION FILLED: part-time People and Culture (HR) Manager

August 17, 2021 No Comments

You: a talented, caring, knowledgeable HR professional. Us: a growing, dynamic, participatory nonprofit with about 30 employees. Let’s get together and keep CDI a great place to work! See our complete people and culture (HR) manager job description. Overview: The People and Culture (HR) Manager guides and manages the overall provision of HR services, policies,

Shelterforce article highlights work with multi-family apartment co-ops

August 4, 2021 No Comments

We’re pleased to be included in this Shelterforce article, “From Mobile Home Parks to Multifamily Housing Cooperatives.” We are excited to be leveraging our expertise in working with resident groups to extend support to limited-equity apartment housing co-ops in our region. And we’re not the only ones! In case you missed it, we recently released a

Participatory Management Initiative Press Release

July 1, 2021 1 Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: July 1, 2021 Contacts: Micha Josephy Executive Director Cooperative Fund of New England (617) 910-8065 Rob Brown Director, Business Ownership Solutions Cooperative Development Institute (207) 233-2987 The Cooperative Fund of New England (CFNE) and the Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) will launch the Participatory Management Initiative, an innovative new training program that

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Media Advisory: CDI releases Massachusetts Affordable Housing Report

June 29, 2021 No Comments

For Immediate Release June 29, 2021 Contact: Margaret Miley – Director, Cooperative Business Services mmiley@cdi.coop 978-973-1200 To celebrate National Home Ownership Month, the Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) released its report– Cooperative Housing Solutions for Massachusetts’ Affordable Housing Crisis. Quality, stable affordable housing in the Commonwealth is increasingly difficult to secure. Cooperative ownership could

Screenshot of ROC Leadership Institute training session

CDI’s NEROC Staff Lending Their Expertise at the 2021 ROC USA Leadership Institute National Training Series

June 16, 2021 No Comments

The 2021 ROC USA Leadership Institute Training is underway. CDI’s NEROC staff is leading some of the ROC 101 sessions, sharing their expertise on how to run a cooperatively owned housing corporation effectively with new ROC leaders and resident owners from around the country. The ROC 101 track is intended to be a complete course

ROCs are a Platform for Wellness, demonstrating Cooperative Principle 7: Concern for Community

June 16, 2021 No Comments

North Avenue Cooperative in Burlington, Vermont will Host COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic that will be open to residents of greater Burlington! Vaccination Clinic to be held at North Avenue Co-op June, 16th 11:00am – 1:00pm As the state of Vermont quickly moves towards their re-opening goal of vaccinating 80% of the population, the state has been

CDI News

Press Release: The Home Beautiful Transitions Ownership to Employees

Connecting with the Past and the Future of Indigenous People

It’s Getting Hot in Here – How Co-ops are addressing Climate Change

UPDATED: Job filled: Cooperative Business Development Specialist

UPDATED Job opening-POSITION FILLED: part-time People and Culture (HR) Manager

Shelterforce article highlights work with multi-family apartment co-ops

Participatory Management Initiative Press Release

Media Advisory: CDI releases Massachusetts Affordable Housing Report

CDI’s NEROC Staff Lending Their Expertise at the 2021 ROC USA Leadership Institute National Training Series

ROCs are a Platform for Wellness, demonstrating Cooperative Principle 7: Concern for Community

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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