North Street Association residents signing closing documents for property, December 29, 2021

Press Release: North Street Association Becomes Newest ROC

          For Immediate Release Contacts: James St. Pierre, Board President, North Street Association, (978) 317-8780  Joe Cicirelli, Program Director, CDI (413) 665-1271 (ext. 6)  Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA, LLC (603) 513-2791    Danvers, Massachusetts –   Long a part of the Danvers landscape but now taking on a new life, the

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CDI is seeking a Communications Manager (Northeast)

CDI seeks a full-time Communications Manager to conduct CDI’s communications & digital projects. The Communications Manager will develop strategies and build campaigns for CDI’s communications channels to expand our audience, attract new funders, and build new strategic partnerships. This position involves in-person travel to meet and document our clients and their work and to tell their

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Lessons from the Pandemic: Maine’s local food system during COVID-19

What lessons can we learn from the pandemic? How can we better support Maine’s farmers and local food system? In 2021, CDI, CEI, MFT and MOFGA joined forces to survey how COVID-19 is impacting Maine’s food system. While the pandemic is not yet over, and it’s too soon to draw conclusions about long-term impacts, the

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UPDATED Job posting: Cooperative Business Developer – position filled

Come join our cooperative business development team! We work with groups that are considering starting a co-op, established co-ops, and the cooperative ecosystem. We’re seeking an experienced co-op business developer to join our team. See our full CBS-CFS Cooperative Developer Job Description. Here is the application form: Please fill out the form

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UPDATED Job opening: Director of Development – position filled

Us: Growing, dynamic policy innovator with business savvy and community heart You: a development professional with strategic vision, robust follow-through, team attitude, and sense of humor  Let’s: create the world we want to live in, step by step! We are seeking a full-time Development Director to conduct CDI’s fundraising projects and oversee communications. The successful

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Outdoor trainings and meetings are a breath of fresh air

Maine’s NEROC Staff Partner with the Staff of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund’s ROC-NH program for an Informative ROC101 Training Late last month, seventeen resident leaders, representing seven of Maine’s ten Resident Owned Communities braved the weather forecast and convened at the Medomak Mobile Home Cooperative in Waldoboro, Maine to participate in a ROC

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Staff changes at NEROC

                  The Cooperative Development Institute is proud to announce that Nora Gosselin will be the new Market Development & Acquisition specialist for CDI’s New England Resident Owned Communities program. Nora, who joined CDI in October of 2019, had previously worked as a Cooperative Housing Specialist. In that

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Press Release: The Home Beautiful Transitions Ownership to Employees

      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Belmont, New Hampshire Date: Tuesday, October 5,  2021    Contacts: Bruce Hamel – Founder of The Home Beautiful thb@home-beautiful.com   Rob Brown, Director, Business Ownership Solutions, Cooperative Development Institute  (207) 233-2987 rbrown@cdi.coop     Tom DuBois, General Manager &  New Employee Owner, The Home Beautiful 603-524-5588  tom@home-beautiful.com   Watch the

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Connecting with the Past and the Future of Indigenous People

Connecting with the Past and the Future of Indigenous People By Noémi Giszpenc In June of this year, CDI and CFNE staff and board members had the chance to participate in a workshop offered by Wabanaki Reach on the 400-year history of colonization experienced by Indigenous people in our region and perpetrated by successive waves

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