Rob Brown, director of Business Ownership Solutions at CDI, was among ten finalists chosen to do short presentations on their innovative economic and community development ideas at the Friends of Midcoast Maine annual meeting. His presentation showed how converting existing
Wardtown Mobile Home Cooperative becomes the 6th Resident Owned Community in Maine
For Immediate Release – Freeport, May, 2015 The residents of Wardtown Mobile Home Park in Freeport recently secured funding support from the Genesis Community Loan Fund in Damariscotta, and Maine State Housing Authority (Maine Housing) in Augusta, to become the
Why We Must Support Maine’s Cooperative Development Legislation
CDI staff members Rob Brown and Jonah Fertig recently testified before the Maine legislature on the importance of a bill that would improve the state’s support for co-op and employee-owned businesses. Below, Rob shares his thoughts on why this is
New Case Studies in Worker Cooperative Conversions: CDI’s Collaboration Featured
A new report by Project Equity has been released that features a dozen case studies on worker co-op conversions, and CDI is proud to have our work on the Island Employee Cooperative in Maine featured alongside so many other amazing projects
Co-op Success Story: County Co-op and Farm Store Cafe Launches in Maine
CDI recently worked to help launch The County Co-op and Farm Store Cafe in Houlton, Maine. We are thrilled that through the hard work of these new co-ops, people in Northern Maine will now have access to convenient and neighborly
Island Community in Maine Creates Worker-Owned Cooperative to Retain Local Businesses and Jobs
For Immediate Release 6/17/2014 Contact: Rob Brown, Director, Cooperative Development Institute’s Business Ownership Solutions program, 207-233-2987, rbrown@cdi.coop Island Community in Maine Creates Worker-Owned Cooperative to Retain Local Businesses and Jobs Deer Isle and Stonington, ME, June 17, 2014–Employees of