For Immediate Release March 7, 2018 Conifer Green Becomes 19th Resident Owned Community in Massachusetts Contacts: Joan Thompson-Stein, President, Conifer Green Andy Danforth, Director, NEROC Program, CDI (401) 439-9795 Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA, LLC (603) 513-2818 KINGSTON, Mass. —
CDI’s NEROC program is rocking out with three closings in the last two months!
CDI’s NEROC program assisted the owners and residents of three manufactured home communities in converting to resident owned communities, including our first conversion in Rhode Island! Together, the three communities of Weston’s, Windy Hollow, and Sherwood Village mobile home cooperatives
“Residents form co-op to buy Windy Hollow park” in The Rutland Herald
After three years of hard work, the residents of Windy Hollow Mobile Home Park in Castleton, Vermont have bought their mobile home park and become a cooperative—saving 44 families from the risk of displacement. The Rutland Herald reported Windy Hollow’s
Perseverance Prevails: Residents purchase 44-home park in Rutland County, VT
For Immediate Release February 16, 2018 Windy Hollow MHC Castleton, VT Perseverance Prevails Residents purchase 44-home park in Rutland County; become 215th nationally networked resident-owned community Contacts: Robin Crowningshield, President, Windy Hollow Mobile Home Cooperative Board of Directors Andy Danforth,
“Co-ops are democracy in action:” CDI in Rutland Herald Commentary
A recent opinion piece in the Rutland Herald acknowledged CDI’s work as part of a growing cooperative economy in the Northeast. The authors—Rob Miller of Vermont State Employees Credit Union, Kari Bradley of Hunger Mountain Co-op in Montpelier, and Edward Fox
Residents take ownership of Sherwood Village: Story in The Coventry Courier
Sherwood Village Mobile Home Park has become the first cooperatively managed, resident-owned mobile home park in Rhode Island. Congratulations to Sherwood Village residents! CDI was proud to assist residents in becoming owners. We’re featured in this The Coventry Courier story
Weston’s Mobile Home Park in Vermont now a co-op
CDI congratulates the residents of Weston’s Mobile Home Park in Berlin, Vermont for becoming owners of their community! Their conversion to resident ownership was recently featured in this Times Argus article. Annik Paul, Cooperative Development Specialist in CDI’s NEROC program,
Home for the holidays after all: Residents close to buying Beekmantown mobile home park
NEROC’s work to support mobile home park residents transitioning to ownership was reported in Plattsburgh’s Press-Republican: Country Sky’s owner, Scott Tetreault, decided to close down the park after its sewage treatment facility fell into disrepair, resulting in fines from the
Nine-woman Board leads 430-home manufactured home community in record-breaking neighborhood purchase
For Immediate Release October 19, 2017 Halifax Estates Residents Association Inc. Nine-woman Board leads 430-home manufactured home community in record-breaking neighborhood purchase Contacts: Nancy Froio, President, Halifax Estates Board of Directors (781) 293-8685 Andy Danforth, Director, NEROC Program, CDI (401)
Halifax Estates Residents Gain Ownership of Mobile Home Park Community in Historic Conversion
The residents of Halifax Estates, a mobile home park community in Halifax, Massachusetts, have been working to gain ownership over their community for the past two and a half years. Today, we are pleased to announce that they have completed