For Immediate Release: Colchester Parks Become Newest ROCS! February 10, 2022 Colchester, Vermont Contact: Annik Paul, Vermont State Manager Cooperative Development Institute – New England Resident Owned Communities (802) 851-0110 Kathleen R. Berk, Executive Director Vermont State Housing Authority (802)
Media Advisory: CDI releases Massachusetts Affordable Housing Report
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.
CDI’s NEROC Staff Lending Their Expertise at the 2021 ROC USA Leadership Institute National Training Series
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
Hyde Park mobile home park homeowners buy $3.25M property
For Immediate Release: Contact: Annik Paul, Cooperative Development Institute: (802) 851-0110 Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA, LLC: (603) 513-2791 Paul Nesky, Board President, Sterling View Cooperative Community: (802) 371-8440 HYDE PARK,
Refinancing Impacts Resident Owned Community
Congratulations to the Homestead Acres Co-op, Inc., which refinanced their cooperative on December 15th. Homestead Acres has been struggling for several years to find funding for several important infrastructure projects in their community –including an urgent replacement of their existing
Mountainside Community Celebrates Resident Ownership!
For Immediate Release December 13, 2019 Mountainside Community Celebrates Resident Ownership! Homeowners purchase 52 unit Mountainside Park; preserving affordable housing in Camden – joins nine established Maine Resident Owned Communities. Contacts: Margaret Jone, Vice President, Mountainside Community Board of Directors,
Jo Len Village Successfully Converts to Resident Ownership
For Immediate Release December 11, 2019 Marlborough residents gain lifelong security, affordability after purchasing the Jo-Len Village – now a resident-owned manufactured home community Contacts: Jim Brown, President, Jo-Len Residents Association (508) 310-3265 Joe Cicirelli, Director, NEROC Program, CDI
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: the Amazing Andy Danforth
A Letter from CDI’s Executive Director, Noemi Giszpenc I first met Andy in person in Shelburne Falls, MA. We had teamed up to get CDI certified as a member of the ROC USA Network, and now he was hard at
A Note From our NEW NEROC Director
“By the gap I mean the gap between the hard realities around us and what we know is possible — not because we wish it were so, but because we’ve seen it with our own eyes.” Parker Palmer I’ve been thinking
Congratulations to Charter Oaks Village Cooperative for Winning a GrowSmart Maine Reward!
Projects that can transform a community, from Millinocket to Arundel, were named “outstanding” in this year’s Smart Growth Awards from GrowSmart Maine, at the nonprofit advocacy group’s second annual summit. Congratulations to Charter Oaks Village Cooperative for winning this prestigious award, and to