The Cooperative Development Institute is looking for a half-time Communications & Development Associate to provide support to CDI’s communications & development teams. Editing and writing organizational materials, assisting with social media production, grant preparation, and individual donor solicitation will be important parts of the job, as CDI seeks to achieve the organization’s communications and fundraising
Cooperation Among Cooperatives: We are stronger together CDI is excited to share with you our 2018 annual report. We made great progress in the past year in all of our programs: Business Ownership Solutions, New England Resident Owned Communities, Cooperative Food Systems, and Cooperative Business Services. We also expanded our communications and development work. This
The Isuken Co-op Food Truck is ready for a successful launch with the support of CDI and Kickstarter backers! The Isuken Co-op successfully raised funds to bring their unique farm to table food to the streets of Lewiston and events in Maine through a Kickstarter campaign. The campaign raised a significant amount of revenue for
ROC USA’s first “ROC Only” Leadership Institute was an Outstanding Success By Thomas Choate I arrived Thursday afternoon, driving up I-93 from Providence, RI to Manchester, NH. Upon arrival, familiar faces greeted ROC community leaders and settled in to prepare for a weekend of training and making new friends and connections. The event kicked off
MA Regional ROC Event a Success! by Maureen Carroll Dennis and Colleen Preston To the uninitiated, resident-ownership may not rock your world. But to those in the trenches, and those who truly are taking a shot at “living the American dream,” this new wave of eminently affordable home ownership is a very big deal. So,
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Mohamed Dekow, Executive Director of Sustainable Livelihoods Relief Organization, Dekow.slro@gmail.com, 207-330-1352 Jonah Fertig-Burd, Director of Cooperative Food Systems at Cooperative Development Institute, jfertig-burd@cdi.coop, 207-615-9970 Successful Kickstarter campaign will help Isuken Co-op Food Truck bring Somali Bantu Farm to Table Food to the streets of Lewiston and events in Maine New video,
Join Rob Brown to learn about cooperative models for succession planning at the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber Event! Thursday, June 14th, 2018 Poland Spring Resort, Poland, Maine Register Now! Join us for breakfast and take advantage of the following specials being offered that day! ~ Free Maine State Building tour ~ Free Poland Spring Bottling
WCAX TV just did a story on our work with the New Beginnings Mobile Home Association in Vermont. The story features a great interview with CDI’s Sarah Martin and a touching quote from a New Beginnings resident who calls our work to support the residents there a “miracle”: It really looked hopeless. It was kind
CDI has been awarded $25,000 from the John Merck Fund to support our Cooperative Food Systems program. The John Merck Fund’s support for this project will resource CDI to work with New American vegetable farmers in two New England regions. We will focus on doubling the value of wholesale markets through increasing the production capacity
