The Toolbox for Education and Social Action is seeking two students in the U.S. to work as interns on a nation-wide education and outreach plan, the Cooperative Campus Initiative (CCI). See the listings on Idealist: Website Design Intern: http://www.idealist.org/view/internship/fsG5Jf8MfM3p/ Outreach Coordinator Intern: http://www.idealist.org/view/internship/WJ8gwwPt9fXd/
CDI’s Andy Danforth will join ROC USA founder Paul Bradley this Friday as keynote speakers in a challenging discussion involving dozens of funders, representatives of non-profit housing organizations, and resident activists. The Roundtable is meant to engage stakeholders in an in discussion about a range of issues relevant to existing non-profit-owned mobile home parks and potential
CDI’s Food and Agriculture Cooperative Development Specialist Lynda Brushett will be presenting at this year’s Cornell Agribusiness Strategic Marketing Conference, along with Senior Extension Associate Brian Henehan and Keystone Development Center co-op developer Lisa Stolarski. The team will help attendees explore the ins and outs of new agricultural co-op development. There are scholarships available for
Contact: Liz Bailey 703.302.8093 Lbailey@cdf.coop CDF Establishes Hurricane Irene Cooperative Recovery Fund $10,000 in Pledges Received From NCB & NCGA Arlington, VA—Citing the need to help in the recovery of the cooperative community that was in the path of Hurricane Irene, the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) today announced the launch of the Hurricane Irene Cooperative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Megan McDonough Valley Community Land Trust 413-218-0683 or 413-624-5128 McDonough.megan@gmail.com www.VCLT.org/Tour TOGETHER ON THE LAND Options for Sustainable, Affordable & Ecological Living in Community MULTI-SITE GUIDED TOUR 8:30am-5pm Sunday September 11, 2011 Pioneer Valley Massachusetts $20 per ticket, discounts & scholarships available Pre-Registration Required at VCLT.org Co-sponsored by: Cooperative Development Institute,
Press garnered about this story: Valley News newspaper: http://www.vnews.com/07262011/7941365.htm WPTV tv news: http://www.wptz.com/r/28673441/detail.html WCAX tv news: http://www.wcax.com/story/15152251/how-residents-kept-their-mobile-home-park-from-closing Windsor, VT – Nearly half a year after receiving news that their community was likely to be shut down forever, homeowners at Bunker Hill Mobile Home Park are now celebrating taking ownership of their community on June 30,
Photo Credit – Attleboro Sun Chronicle News of the impending purchase of Wamsutta Mobile Home Park in North Attleboro, MA by the residents that live there has hit the press again. Three months ago, the park was featured in a New York Times article that examined the new wave of manufactured housing communities that have
The same Richie Davis article that appeared in the Greenfield Recorder was recently published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. This time, the whole article is available for free online.
Photo Credit: CityofBoston.gov Check out this excellent Op-Ed in the Boston Globe featuring Boston Trailer Park and its new owners, the Boston Trailer Park Tenants Association. The author, Lawrence Harmon, discusses the importance of preserving this highly affordable form of housing stock throughout the state and combating the stigma of living in a “trailer park”.
An abridged version of the story is also available on the Recorder’s website. Co-op boom: Organizers gather to discuss third wave in food co-ops By RICHIE DAVISRecorder StaffFrom Brooklyn, N.Y., from Morrisville, Vt., from Dorchester, from Walpole, N.H., from Chester and New London, Vt., they came to talk food co-ops. The gathering was a Start-up Food Co-op Development
