Maine Flower Collective blooms and grows after first year By: Heather Holland In a world where imported blooms typically dominate our bouquets and arrangements, there remains a healthy demand for local, seasonal flowers in Maine. Ranunculus, Lisianthus, dahlias, and hydrangeas are popular for being the beautiful workhorses of flower designs, but they don’t particularly ship
Gov. Janet Mills proposed creating a $5 million fund to help residents of manufactured home parks purchase their communities when they go up for sale, as part of proposed state budget changes. The fund will help to protect residents from being pushed out of their homes or having their rents increase to unaffordable levels when
Vermont manufactured home communities receive $15.5 million for water infrastructure through state initiative Vermont Gov. Phil Scott and the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) announced $13.3 million in Healthy Homes Initiative awards and $2.2 million in Three-Acre Stormwater Initiative awards to help 46 manufactured housing communities repair, replace and upgrade water infrastructure. The Cooperative Development
This week, the Northeast Transition Initiative (NETI) Fellowship Kickoff Retreat brought together partners and its inaugural cohort of fellows in Andover to share their experiences and to learn how we can work together to create economic opportunities, preserve small businesses and jobs, and fill wealth gaps in our communities. Thanks to our partners and fellows
Date and Time: Feb. 12, 2024 @ 7 p.m. Join us for this free webinar where we will discuss the Corporate Transparency Act and its impact on cooperatives, with a focus on immigrant-owned and worker-owned cooperatives. The Corporate Transparency Act, a federal law that went into effect Jan. 1, 2024, requires every entity formed or
Residents of manufactured homes in Hinsdale, Massachusetts banded together to buy the 46-acre park under their homes, an amazing success story of how residents can cooperate to preserve and own affordable homes in our communities. This news comes at a time when housing prices have skyrocketed and the need for affordable housing is dire. Bissellville
New laws passed make selling a manufactured housing community to residents easy and advantageous for sellers, residents, and the community! Rising interest rates, in-migration, and low housing supply have made owning a home increasingly unaffordable in New England. A large part of the solution is preserving existing affordable homes. New laws took effect in Maine and Connecticut (ME:
Too many small business owners don’t have a realistic plan for how to exit their business, earn a decent retirement income, and preserve the legacy they’ve built and the jobs they’ve created. Jay Ward was like many of those small business owners—he was nearing retirement and didn’t know what to do with the business that
O’Donal’s Nursery is always busy during the harvest season, but there has been an extra buzz this year. This season marks the garden center’s first as Maine’s newest worker-owned cooperative. O’Donals is widely known and regarded by gardeners, homeowners, and landscapers throughout northern New England. Founded in 1953 by Royce and Selma O’Donal, Jeffrey O’Donal
