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Edgeway and Twin Coach: Two Resident-Owned Communities, One Spirit of Cooperation

August 28, 2014 No Comments

Twin Coach Estates Homeowners Association (Lakeville) and Edgeway Homeowner’s Association (Middleborough) kicked off the month of August with a dual-community picnic. Toasting their achievements behind a “We Own It” banner, they congratulated one another on coming so far in such a short amount of time. Edgeway and Twin Coach are the newest resident-owned communities (ROCs)

Gallery: Maine & New Hampshire Co-ops Celebrate Community

June 12, 2014 No Comments

Below is a gallery from Friday and Saturday of last week as Maine based co-op members crashed the event in New Hampshire: Coops Celebrating Community, a resident-owned community gathering. This is due to the fact that Maine is too small for its own association, at least for the time being. CDI staff member Jessica Pooley

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 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

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,

Job posting: Housing Program Organizer (Eastern and Central MA, Eastern CT, RI)

May 9, 2013 No Comments

Cooperative Development Institute (www.cdi.coop) is seeking a new hire to join its New England Resident Owned Communities (NEROC) Program. The main work of the program is to assist the residents in the nearly 1200 manufactured home parks in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine to purchase their communities and manage them as resident-owned cooperatives.

Press release: Homeowners purchase 200-site North Adams park; join Mass. trend of resident-owned manufactured home communities

May 6, 2013 No Comments

For Immediate Release May 2, 2013 Wheel Estates Tenants Association Inc. Homeowners purchase 200-site North Adams park; join Mass. trend of resident-owned manufactured home communities Contacts: Andy Danforth, Housing Program Director, CDI (401) 439-9795 Michael Sloss, Managing Director, ROC USA® Capital: (202) 595-2690Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA, LLC (603) 856-0709 North Adams, Mass. – Homeowners

New Resident-Owned Community in Plymouth, MA

February 25, 2013 No Comments

For Immediate Release Feb. 20, 2013 West Wood Village Resident Association Inc. Homeowners purchase 66-site Plymouth park; join growing Mass. trend of resident-owned manufactured home communities Contacts: Bob Howard, President, West Wood Village Resident Association (774) 283-2878 Andy Danforth, Housing Program Director, CDI (401) 439-9795 Michael Sloss, Managing Director, ROC USA® Capital: (202) 595-2690Paul Bradley,

Op-Ed: Cooperatives could benefit Maine residents

October 12, 2012 No Comments

Our own Rob Brown has written a great Op-Ed for the Bangor Daily News for Co-op Month, highlighting the benefits that Resident Ownership through cooperatives could bring to people living in manufactured home parks in Maine.Check it out:http://bangordailynews.com/2012/10/11/opinion/how-trailer-park-cooperatives-could-benefit-maine/

CDI Helps 2 Communities, 466 Families Go Co-op

June 28, 2012 1 Comment

CDI HELPS 2 COMMUNITIES, 466 FAMILIESGO CO-OP IN SINGLE TRANSACTION For immediate release CDI HELPS 2 COMMUNITIES, 466 FAMILIES GO CO-OP IN SINGLE TRANSACTION Carver, MA, June 25, 2012: The residents’ associations of 2 manufactured housing communities comprised of a combined total of 466 homes in Carver, Massachusetts have purchased their communities, securing for themselves enduring

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Edgeway and Twin Coach: Two Resident-Owned Communities, One Spirit of Cooperation

Gallery: Maine & New Hampshire Co-ops Celebrate Community

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

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

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

Job posting: Housing Program Organizer (Eastern and Central MA, Eastern CT, RI)

Press release: Homeowners purchase 200-site North Adams park; join Mass. trend of resident-owned manufactured home communities

New Resident-Owned Community in Plymouth, MA

Op-Ed: Cooperatives could benefit Maine residents

CDI Helps 2 Communities, 466 Families Go Co-op

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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