For Immediate Release May 2, 2013 Wheel Estates Tenants Association Inc. Homeowners purchase 200-site North Adams park; join Mass. trend of resident-owned manufactured home communities Contacts: Andy Danforth, Housing Program Director, CDI (401) 439-9795 Michael Sloss, Managing Director, ROC USA®
New Resident-Owned Community in Plymouth, MA
For Immediate Release Feb. 20, 2013 West Wood Village Resident Association Inc. Homeowners purchase 66-site Plymouth park; join growing Mass. trend of resident-owned manufactured home communities Contacts: Bob Howard, President, West Wood Village Resident Association (774) 283-2878 Andy Danforth, Housing
Brunswick park becomes co-op: press
This article ran this week in the Coastal Journal, distributed from Freeport to Camden and inserted in the Portland Press Herald. http://www.coastaljournal.com/website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3935:brunswick-mobile-home-park-purchased-by-residents&catid=58:regional-news&Itemid=100070 Nice work, NEROC!
Congratulations to the Old Creamery Co-op!
It was a long haul, but they did it — the 550 members of the Old Creamery Cooperative became owners of the Old Creamery country store in Cummington, MA. See the Berkshire Eagle story and the mention in the Boston
“Don’t Let ‘Em Go! How co-ops can keep vital businesses, services in rural communities”
In the current (Sept/Oct) issue of USDA’s Rural Cooperatives magazine, a salute to noteworthy co-ops in celebration of National (and International!) Cooperative Month includes an article by Noemi Giszpenc on converting existing businesses to co-op ownership in rural communities. The