Steering committees, boards of directors, staff and members of emerging and recently opened consumer food co-ops, buying clubs and farmer-owned retail stores in New York and New England gather on Monday May 23, 2011 at The Arts Block, 289 Main Street, Greenfield MA to learn best business and organization practices from established co-ops, cooperative development
An opportunity for steering committees, boards and members of emerging and recently opened consumer food co-ops, buying clubs and farmer owned retail stores in New York and New England to learn best business and organization practices from established co-ops, cooperative development specialists and financiers. To make the most of the depth and diversity of information,
Boston, MA– CDI congratulates the residents of Boston Trailer Park intaking ownership of their community! The purchase culminated a 20+ yearstruggle by the residents of Boston’s only manufactured home community togain long term security and affordability of their community. The communitywas created in 1947 and has just over 100 units, and is located on
Representatives Chaka Fattah (D-Penn.) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) will hold a congressional briefing on “The Role of Cooperatives in Rural and Urban Communities,” on Mar. 29, 2011, from 2–3 p.m. in room 2362-B of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. This event will provide members of Congress and their staff with the
In today’s New York Times, Loren Berlin published “At More Mobile-Home Parks, a Greater Sense of Security“, a look at the growing movement for residents of manufactured home parks to form nonprofit cooperatives that purchase and manage the operations of the parks in which they live. The Cooperative Development Institute is proud to be a
CDI staff specializing in housing co-ops, local food access, and other types of co-ops are being interviewed at 2 pm on Wednesday, February 23, on “Various Voices“, hosted by Daria Fisk. You can catch the interview live on 107.9 FM near Greenfield, MA, re-broadcast on Sunday evening at 8 pm, and streaming atwmcb.net/listen.html.
The NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives (NYC NoWC – pronounced “nick nock”) has been meeting and forming for a year now. Member Chris Michael wrote adescription of the network for the American Progressives United Party. If you are in the metro area, come join the anniversary party on Wednesday, January 26.
WFCR, the public radio station for Western Massachusetts, aired the following story during its Tuesday morning news program on December 14, 2010. “An organization that funds cooperative housing ventures is announcing a new resident owned mobile home park in western Massachusetts. Residents of the Oakwood Mobile Home Park in Ware recently bought the development where
Contact:Noémi GiszpencPhone: 413-665-1271 ext 2Fax: 413-541-8300Email: ngiszpenc@cdi.coop December 14, 2010: Cooperation At Work in Our Communities Cooperative Development Institute announces over $300,000 in USDA Awards, $1.75 million cooperative park purchase Shelburne Falls, MA – Awards of over $300,000 in USDA grants to the Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) boost the organization’s ability to provide technical assistance to new
Shelburne Falls, MA – CDI held a press conference to celebrate Cooperation in Our Communities, highlighting existing cooperatives in the Western Mass. region and throughout the Northeast, such as McCusker’s Market(see video, below), as well as emerging cooperative projects. Of special note were the Quabbin Sunrise Cooperative, which purchased the manufactured home park in which its 65 resident-owners
