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
The Year of Big Visions: CDI’s 2016 Annual Report
For over twenty years, the Cooperative Development Institute has been a leader in democratizing and transforming our region’s economy. We’ve helped create over 120 new cooperatives in every sector and state in the Northeast. We’re proud of that—but this past
Year in Review 2015
“2015 is truly a booming co-op year,” our own Jessica Pooley told WERU in a radio interview. Whether the focus was housing, food, business conversions, or a vision for a cooperative future, CDI increased momentum by championing the co-op cause
Cooperative Development Institute: Year in Review 2014
2014 was a momentous year for the Cooperative Development Institute. Of course, we couldn’t have done it without you: our supporters and our community. That’s why we wanted to give you a recap of everything we accomplished together. In 2014,
Leveraging Resources for Greatest Impact
In the past two years, CDI received several large grants that are helping us expand our work while continuing to offer the services that have been vital to launching and supporting co-ops in New England and New York. In October
A Growing, Changing Cast of Characters at CDI
In the past two years, CDI has doubled in size, adding five new staff members. We would like to introduce: Rob Brown, Cooperative Development Specialist and Director of the Business Ownership Solutions program; and four more Housing Program Organizers under
Developing New Initiatives
The rising trend of retiring baby-boomer business owners and collaborative millennial entrepreneurs has long been on the cooperative development radar. CDI is proud and excited about our strategic new initiative to meet the challenge: Business Ownership Solutions (BOS). Under this
Sparking Learning, Convening Leaders
We’ve been delighted to be part of many educational, training, and networking events in the last two years, from workshops to tabling at co-op conferences. In that time, we led over 50 training events and reached about 1,700 people. We
Launching New Co-ops
With our 20th anniversary just around the corner (summer 2014!), 20 is our magic number. These last two years, CDI helped people from Maine to New York start 20 new co-ops—from housing co-ops to worker co-ops to tech co-ops. We
Forging a Path Toward our Strategic Objectives
Reducing dependence on grant funding has long been a priority for CDI. More and more, we are increasing revenues by charging fees for our services, and this work is providing good-paying jobs to our new and existing staff members. We’re