As we enter a new fiscal year, we’re taking a moment to share and celebrate the accomplishments of this past one. 2021 was another year of unprecedented change, challenges, creativity, and collaboration. CDI’s Year in Review is a beautiful and
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Do you want to help start and grow enterprises that are locally owned and controlled and meet community members’ needs and aspirations? Do you want to help workers build wealth through ownership and advance economic opportunity, security and justice? The
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
Ward Lumber Transitions to Employee Ownership – Becomes the Largest Worker Cooperative in the Region!
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
Congratulations to ANCA on grant award!
The Cooperative Development Institute is excited to congratulate the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) for being awarded a grant of over $1.26 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration, supported by additional funding provided by Mastercard. The grant
News coverage of the Ward Lumber ownership transition
Thanks to North Country Public Radio that just aired a great piece about Ward Lumber’s ownership transition. Check out https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/43724/20210507/employee-ownership-can-prevent-job-losses-and-closures-when-north-country-business-owners-retire There were also pieces in the Peru Gazette, LBM Journal, HBS Dealer and Northeastern Retail Lumber Association (three industry groups), Adirondack
Ward Lumber Transitions Ownership to Employees
You can also watch this short video that tells the ownership transition story: Ward Lumber Transitions to Employee Ownership FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Rob Brown, Director, Business Ownership Solutions, Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) (207) 233-2987 or rbrown@cdi.coop Alex Pond, Worker-owner, Ward Lumber (518)
Small businesses are struggling. Workers can be the solution.
Small businesses are struggling. Workers can be the solution.
Worker Cooperatives benefit the many, not the few
Written by Rob Brown, Business Ownership Solutions Program Director The coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic collapse has only made a bad situation worse, exacerbating economic inequality, racial disparities in employment, wealth and health, and the precarious livelihoods of poor
Our 2019 Year In Review is Here!
CDI celebrates 25 years of growing the cooperative economy with the release of our Year in Review (YIR)! We’re excited to share our 2019 reflections with you. With new additions to our staff, social media channels, and strategic partners, CDI