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For Immediate Release: Two Massachusetts Communities Become Resident-Owned Co-ops In A Single Day

June 5, 2014 No Comments

For Immediate Release 6/5/2014 Contact: Maureen Carroll, Cooperative Development Institute, Cooperative Development Specialist, 413-665-1271 (ext. 16), mcarroll@cdi.coop Two Massachusetts Communities Become Resident-Owned Co-ops In A Single Day Residents are using the democratic ownership and governance model to take control over issues of health and rent Middleborough and Lakeville, MA: Home-owners in two 55-and-older, back-to-back

The Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council is Hiring

May 29, 2014 No Comments

Do you live in NYC and have an interest in creating change at the legislative level? Are the cooperative movement and more just economic policies important to you? The Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council is looking for a full-time Coordinator to facilitate the operations of the Caucus! This individual will be hired

Three Worker Co-ops Come Together to Celebrate 1 Year and 12 Years. The Movement Is Strong.

May 28, 2014 No Comments

Real Pickles celebrated their first year as a cooperative worker-owned business, along with their worker-owned cooperative neighbors Artisan Beverage Cooperative (also celebrating year one) and Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics (celebrating 12 years)! The three businesses joined together to throw a neighborhood block party at 311 Wells Street in Greenfield and celebrated with live music, a bottomless

Cooperation Works! – And So Does Our Network

May 22, 2014 No Comments

Early in CDI’s history, we were part of forming a national network of our peers, cooperative development centers and practitioners throughout the United States. Cooperation Works!, named after the book by E.G. Nadeau and David Thompson, provides professional development training and ongoing peer support for people engaged in cooperative development. As co-op development becomes an

Not Just a Facelift: At Forty, the North Country Food Co-op Gears Up for the Future

May 22, 2014 No Comments

Founded in 1974 during the “natural foods” wave of food co-op creation, the North Country Food Co-op in Plattsburgh, NY has been a long-established fixture of this upstate NY town. It achieved important milestones such as owning its own building (including a second-floor community space) and growing to 1,800 member-owners. CDI’s own Jeremiah Ward, who

The Voice of the Staff: “I love working at CDI”

May 20, 2014 No Comments

In an effort to help people better understand what CDI does – and why our work is so crucial – we turned to the best asset we have. Our staff. The people who work at CDI are, if we may say so ourselves, brilliant at and passionate about what they do. They’re also proud of

North American Students of Cooperation is Hiring. Is this the job for you?

May 16, 2014 No Comments

Exciting news, another great job opportunity has been posted! Do you want to help grow the cooperative movement? Is connecting students to cooperative ethics, practices and principles something you think is essential and important? Are you Chicago based, or interested in moving to the windy city? If so, there is a great opening that could

In these housing communities, seniors aren’t just retiring. They’re running the show.

May 14, 2014 No Comments

Below is an inspiring video montage of senior citizens from various resident-owned-communities. Initially, these seniors might have simply been looking forward to a quiet retirement. But in these democratically owned and run co-op communities, they instead found themselves participating in decision making, improving their communities, and looking out for each other – and loving it!

With a Negligent Landlord and Faucets Spouting Sewage, These Residents May Go Co-op

May 2, 2014 No Comments

The landlord of the Meadowbrook Trailer Park has left residents with sewage coming out of bathroom faucets. Floors are broken and aren’t being fixed. These are just a few of the abuses on a list of neglect that is far too long for the residents of this mobile home park nestled in Richmond, Maine. Now,

Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Brooklyn is Hiring a Co-op Developer!

April 29, 2014 No Comments

Did you hear that? It’s your dream job calling. Yes, another co-op development organization is hiring. The co-op movement is on the rise in the East Coast! The Center for Family Life is looking for a passionate and experienced co-op developer to join their team. According to CFL’s website: The Center for Family Life in

CDI News

For Immediate Release: Two Massachusetts Communities Become Resident-Owned Co-ops In A Single Day

The Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council is Hiring

Three Worker Co-ops Come Together to Celebrate 1 Year and 12 Years. The Movement Is Strong.

Cooperation Works! – And So Does Our Network

Not Just a Facelift: At Forty, the North Country Food Co-op Gears Up for the Future

The Voice of the Staff: “I love working at CDI”

North American Students of Cooperation is Hiring. Is this the job for you?

In these housing communities, seniors aren’t just retiring. They’re running the show.

With a Negligent Landlord and Faucets Spouting Sewage, These Residents May Go Co-op

Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Brooklyn is Hiring a Co-op Developer!

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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