O’Donal’s Nursery is always busy during the harvest season, but there has been an extra buzz this year. This season marks the garden center’s first as Maine’s newest worker-owned cooperative. O’Donals is widely known and regarded by gardeners, homeowners, and landscapers throughout northern New England. Founded in 1953 by Royce and Selma O’Donal, Jeffrey O’Donal
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES The Cooperative Development Institute’s Water Infrastructure Support Program is seeking Statements of Qualifications from qualified engineering firms on behalf of Lakeside Cooperative, Inc. in Enfield, New Hampshire for the redevelopment of their water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. Required professional services will include but are
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES The Cooperative Development Institute’s Water Infrastructure Support Program is seeking Statements of Qualifications from qualified electrical engineering firms on behalf of Breezy Acres Cooperative, Inc. and Hillcrest Resident Owned Community, Inc. in Colchester, Vermont for the redevelopment of their electrical infrastructure. Required professional
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS The Cooperative Development Institute’s Water Infrastructure Support Program is seeking Statements of Qualifications from qualified engineering firms on behalf of Sunset Terrace Mobile Home Cooperative, Inc. in Rockland, Maine for the redevelopment of their water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. Required professional services will include but are not limited
8 de junio (9:00-16:30) y 9 de junio (9:00-15:00) Dana Commons en la Universidad Clark en Worcester, MA Para registrarse: rellene este formulario! Esta será una gran experiencia de capacitación en español de dos días, en persona, que se centrará en desarrollar las habilidades de liderazgo necesarias para respaldar un lugar de trabajo que equilibre
What happened to housing co-ops? In the 1980s and early 1990s, housing cooperatives popped up in cities across the nation. Private and public funding was invested in these shared housing projects. Three decades later, where are they now? A new report studying Boston’s existing housing co-ops released this month offers recommendations based on interviews with
As the nation’s housing crisis escalates, affordable solutions feel scarce, especially in high-cost areas like Metro-Boston. Increasingly, attention is turning to income-restricted housing cooperatives as a permanent solution that offers stability for communities and an accessible path to homeownership for low-to-middle income residents. The Cooperative Development Institute released a new report sponsored by the Mayor’s
We are so excited to announce that the Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) Fund will be included in the FY 2023 spending bill. Since October 2021, CDI has been coordinating a regional effort to advocate for federal funding for ROC infrastructure, as part of a national campaign with ROC USA. ROCs often
by Elise Greaves, New England Resident Owned Communities It was a beautiful fall day, and board members from three Vermont Resident Owned Communities made the most of it. Not by hiking or fishing or raking leaves like you might expect for Vermonters on a fall afternoon. Instead, these ROC leaders used the day as an
Do you want to help preserve businesses and grow more and better jobs throughout the Northeast? Do you want to help workers build wealth through ownership and advance economic opportunity, security and justice? Then we’ve got a Cooperative Business Developer position for you! The Cooperative Development Institute is looking for an enterprising, highly organized innovator and
