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Food Co-op Initiative Announces Grant Opportunity

June 17, 2013 No Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stuart Reid Tel. 507-664-2034 Cell: 507-581-0170 stuart@foodcoopinitiative.coop www.foodcoopinitiative.coop Food Co-op Initiative Announces Grant Opportunity Food Co-op Initiative today announced they are accepting applications for grants up to $10,000 for development of new grocery co-ops. The Seed Grant program provides a cash award along with proven resources to help organizations achieve

reRoute: Building Youth and Student Power for a New Economy, July 19-21, New York City

June 7, 2013 No Comments

Announcing reRoute: Building Youth and Student Power for a New Economy This summer join a diverse new generation of practitioners and organizers from across the US and Canada to share strategies, tools, and stories about our work creating a solidarity economy from the ground up in our communities and on our campuses. reRoute: Building Youth and

Webinar: Improving Your Cooperative’s Annual Meeting

June 6, 2013 No Comments

Please forward this information on to all of your cooperative contacts and/or state council contacts. Please join us for a FREE Webinar! “Improving Your Cooperative’s Annual Meeting” When: Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:00-5:00 pm ET/3:00-4:00 pm CT/2:00-3:00 pm MT/1:00 pm-2:00 pm PT https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/cooperatives (Enter as guest.) Most cooperative bylaws require an annual meeting. Your annual meeting can

Job Posting: Maine Housing Program Organizer, part-time

June 4, 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.

NCBA Legislative and Advocacy Update: June 4

May 23, 2013 No Comments

Legislative and Advocacy Update Tuesday, June 4, 2013 • 12 – 1 pm, Eastern Join NCBA CLUSA President and CEO Mike Beall and Capitol Hill professionals as they discuss cooperative legislative matters and current issues in Washington. With Congress working on important legislation such as tax reform, the farm bill and the appropriations process, now

Donate to the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy! $2500 matching grant opportunity

May 14, 2013 No Comments

By now, I hope that you’re aware that the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy–the high-energy, information-packed biennial eastern region worker co-op conference–will be held at Drexel University in Philadelphia July 26th-28th. In order to make a grant match, we’re raising money in amounts of $100 or less from individuals, co-ops, and organizations. Fund 4 Democratic Communities,

Job Posting: Equal Exchange banana team — logistics and sales

May 11, 2013 No Comments

OKE USA FRUIT COMPANY – Banana Logistics and Sales Full time regular position (~45-50 hours / week) Salary: Dependent on experience Benefits: 100% individual health insurance premium coverage and significant portion of dependent coverage, vacation, holidays and sick days Location: Equal Exchange Headquarters, West Bridgewater, MA In 2006, three entrepreneurial organizations came together to create

Congratulations Real Pickles on transitioning to a Cooperative!

May 9, 2013 No Comments

Real Pickles is now a Cooperative! Friends of Real Pickles: As of today, we are now a worker-owned cooperative! Hurray!! Thanks to huge support from our community, a successful community investment campaign, and many months of hard work from our founding co-op team here at Real Pickles, this morning we signed the documents that made

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

May 9, 2013 No Comments

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

Food Co-op Initiative Announces Grant Opportunity

Webinar: Improving Your Cooperative’s Annual Meeting

Job Posting: Maine Housing Program Organizer, part-time

NCBA Legislative and Advocacy Update: June 4

Donate to the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy! $2500 matching grant opportunity

Job Posting: Equal Exchange banana team — logistics and sales

Congratulations Real Pickles on transitioning to a Cooperative!

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

News & Updates

Maine residents purchase community for $1.2 million, preserving affordable homes

Resident-ownership transforms Maine community with veggie garden, safer and cleaner spaces

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

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