Bunker Hill Cooperative: Pioneering The First of its Kind Disaster-Preparedness Plan in Vermont Here is a fascinating story of a housing co-op community coming together and doing things a bit differently than the mainstream. Keep in mind that just a few years ago, the residents of the current Bunker Hill Community Cooperative were all almost
In Cabot’s most recent newsletter, they are talking the talk and walking the walk when it comes to volunteerism. Whether you are an individual, company, non-profit, or co-op, Cabot is launching a volunteer rewards program app in order to support those who are hoping to better their communities through volunteerism. In addition to the many
Check out this Greenhorns Radio Broadcast featuring, Dan Hobbs, who is a cooperative development specialist with the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Cooperative and Economic Development Center. Dan talks about how seeding local agricultural cooperatives can address many of the local and global crisis facing food systems. Furthermore, he provides an incredibly informed overview of agricultural
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
Do you live in the Philadelphia area or have a connection there? Are you deeply committed to growing the cooperative movement? Well, this exciting job is right up your alley. The Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, long a volunteer-run effort, has partnered with the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA CLUSA) to help institutionalize their work. From
In the past two years, CDI received several large grants that are helping us expand our work while continuing to offer the services that have been vital to launching and supporting co-ops in New England and New York. In October of 2012, the USDA recognized CDI as the Northeast Center for Cooperative Business Development and
In the past two years, CDI has doubled in size, adding five new staff members. We would like to introduce: Rob Brown, Cooperative Development Specialist and Director of the Business Ownership Solutions program; and four more Housing Program Organizers under CDI’s NEROC program: Sarah Martin, focusing on Western Massachusetts and Vermont; Matt Meyer, focusing on
The rising trend of retiring baby-boomer business owners and collaborative millennial entrepreneurs has long been on the cooperative development radar. CDI is proud and excited about our strategic new initiative to meet the challenge: Business Ownership Solutions (BOS). Under this initiative, we work with business owners to help them consider whether conversion to a co-op
We’ve been delighted to be part of many educational, training, and networking events in the last two years, from workshops to tabling at co-op conferences. In that time, we led over 50 training events and reached about 1,700 people. We led workshops on what co-ops are and how they strengthen communities at the Belfast Food
With our 20th anniversary just around the corner (summer 2014!), 20 is our magic number. These last two years, CDI helped people from Maine to New York start 20 new co-ops—from housing co-ops to worker co-ops to tech co-ops. We love helping people follow their dreams! Even a brief consultation with CDI can go a
