The WISP Team’s Spring 2025 Newsletter is now available for download as a pdf or viewable below. Articles in this edition include: PRICE program notes Mountainside Water and Wastewater Project (ME) Homestead Acres Storm Water Project (VT) Tips to Extend the Life of Septic Systems WISP quarterly by Jeremiah Ward
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES IN EAST MONTPELIER, VERMONT The Cooperative Development Institute’s Water Infrastructure Support Program is seeking Statements of Qualifications from qualified engineering firms on behalf of The Housing Foundation, Inc. (HFI) to improve the drinking water infrastructure at Sandy Pines Mobile Home Park in East Montpelier, VT.
Early Notice and Public Review of a Proposed Activity in a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Designated Floodplain To: All interested Agencies, Groups, and Individuals This is to give notice that Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (“the Agency”) under 24 CFR Part 58, has determined that the following proposed action under FY2023 HUD-EDI
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES IN FREEPORT, MAINE The Cooperative Development Institute’s Water Infrastructure Support Program (WISP) is seeking Statements of Qualifications from qualified engineering firms on behalf of Wardtown Mobile Home Cooperative, Inc. in Freeport, Maine for the redevelopment of their water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. Required professional services
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES IN ARUNDEL, MAINE The Cooperative Development Institute’s Water Infrastructure Support Program (WISP) is seeking Statements of Qualifications from qualified engineering firms on behalf of Charter Oaks Village Cooperative, Inc. in Arundel, Maine for the redevelopment of their water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. Required professional
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES IN VEAZIE, MAINE The Cooperative Development Institute’s Water Infrastructure Support Program is seeking Statements of Qualifications from qualified engineering firms on behalf of Grey Stone Mobile Home Cooperative in Veazie, Maine for improvements to their drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and electrical infrastructure. Required professional
Northampton, MA – December 19, 2024 – The Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) Main program today awarded the Cooperative Development Institute $17,890,795 to implement infrastructure projects at resident-owned communities representing thousands of households across the Northeast, helping to preserve the affordability and sustainability of homes in our region. In addition, PRICE funding
By: April Myers | Communications Associate of ROC USA CAMDEN, Maine – When Mountainside Community Cooperative’s $4.3 million Water and Wastewater Project is complete, there’s going to be a lot to notice, said Board President Margaret Jones. Water leaks will stop. Electricity bills will decrease. The rusty truck that hauls sewage out of the community twice
By: April Myers | Communications Associate of ROC USA PLYMOUTH, N.H. – When the Board at Pine Gate Cooperative learned of a federal program that could provide enough funding to fix the community’s failing sewer infrastructure, they immediately went into action. “I sent out a newsletter to everyone saying that we are working on a WISP
After inheriting failing leach fields, the Sunset Lake Cooperative is securing critical funding to overhaul its wastewater system and safeguard residents’ health By: April Myers | Communications Associate of ROC USA HINESBURG, Vt. – In 2019, shortly after the residents of Sunset Lake Cooperative purchased their community, they noticed an odor coming from their land
