by Doug Clopp Climate change is having a profound impact on our nation and the world. 2020 was the second hottest year on our planet ever recorded. According to the National Centers for Environmental Information Global Climate Report released in May, it’s very likely that 2021 will rank among the ten hottest years on record.
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
You: a talented, caring, knowledgeable HR professional. Us: a growing, dynamic, participatory nonprofit with about 30 employees. Let’s get together and keep CDI a great place to work! See our complete people and culture (HR) manager job description. Overview: The People and Culture (HR) Manager guides and manages the overall provision of HR services, policies,
We’re pleased to be included in this Shelterforce article, “From Mobile Home Parks to Multifamily Housing Cooperatives.” We are excited to be leveraging our expertise in working with resident groups to extend support to limited-equity apartment housing co-ops in our region. And we’re not the only ones! In case you missed it, we recently released a
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: July 1, 2021 Contacts: Micha Josephy Executive Director Cooperative Fund of New England (617) 910-8065 Rob Brown Director, Business Ownership Solutions Cooperative Development Institute (207) 233-2987 The Cooperative Fund of New England (CFNE) and the Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) will launch the Participatory Management Initiative, an innovative new training program that
For Immediate Release June 29, 2021 Contact: Margaret Miley – Director, Cooperative Business Services mmiley@cdi.coop 978-973-1200 To celebrate National Home Ownership Month, the Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) released its report– Cooperative Housing Solutions for Massachusetts’ Affordable Housing Crisis. Quality, stable affordable housing in the Commonwealth is increasingly difficult to secure. Cooperative ownership could
The 2021 ROC USA Leadership Institute Training is underway. CDI’s NEROC staff is leading some of the ROC 101 sessions, sharing their expertise on how to run a cooperatively owned housing corporation effectively with new ROC leaders and resident owners from around the country. The ROC 101 track is intended to be a complete course
North Avenue Cooperative in Burlington, Vermont will Host COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic that will be open to residents of greater Burlington! Vaccination Clinic to be held at North Avenue Co-op June, 16th 11:00am – 1:00pm As the state of Vermont quickly moves towards their re-opening goal of vaccinating 80% of the population, the state has been
Watch the Video! A Historical Transition The employees of Ward Lumber made history recently when they purchased the 130-year-old business as a worker cooperative. The transaction marks the first employee ownership contract of its kind in the North Country region of New York State. The lumber products and hardware store, which has locations in
“I don’t want to be like everyone else. I want acceptance, but I want acceptance of my difference, not my sameness.” -Alison Bechdel, author of Dykes to Watch Out For We human beings have much more in common than we have differences. We notice the differences more, but our shared humanity is part of the
