Introduction
Greetings!
Your answers to the following questions help track the strength of the cooperative economy in our region and assist in the improvement of the Cooperative Development Institute’s programs and services. While we will never share confidential information regarding your business operations, we would like to publish on our website a map of all the projects and organizations working on cooperative development in our region. If you prefer that we keep your organization name, location, or contact info private, please let us know by filling in the appropriate response in the survey.
Thank you,
CDI Staff & Consultants
About Cooperative Development Institute
CDI’s three cooperative development specialists work with all different types of start-up and existing cooperatives and group based businesses in just about every sector and industry: consumer, worker, producer, and purchasing co-ops; food, housing and resident owned communities, energy, agriculture, arts, health, forestry, fisheries, retail, service and more. Our service region is the New England states and New York. Using in-house capacity and contract services from other professionals, we help clients assess business feasibility and prepare implementation plans; provide technical support and training for organizational, legal, governance, financing and accounting issues; and publish cooperative development information on our website and though periodic e-communications. We also encourage and support the development of networks of cooperatives.
Every year we apply for a federal grant from USDA to operate a Rural Cooperative Development Center. This funding allows us to respond to any cooperative business inquiry from a rural community in our region and provide a modest level of free or reduced fee hours. We seek other government or philanthropic funds in order to provide intensive assistance for start-up groups and non-rural groups that cannot afford to pay fees, and charge fees for services provided when appropriate and affordable.
Your answers to the following questions help track the strength of the cooperative economy in our region and assist in the improvement of the Cooperative Development Institute’s programs and services. While we will never share confidential information regarding your business operations, we would like to publish on our website a map of all the projects and organizations working on cooperative development in our region. If you prefer that we keep your organization name, location, or contact info private, please let us know by filling in the appropriate response in the survey.
Thank you,
CDI Staff & Consultants
About Cooperative Development Institute
CDI’s three cooperative development specialists work with all different types of start-up and existing cooperatives and group based businesses in just about every sector and industry: consumer, worker, producer, and purchasing co-ops; food, housing and resident owned communities, energy, agriculture, arts, health, forestry, fisheries, retail, service and more. Our service region is the New England states and New York. Using in-house capacity and contract services from other professionals, we help clients assess business feasibility and prepare implementation plans; provide technical support and training for organizational, legal, governance, financing and accounting issues; and publish cooperative development information on our website and though periodic e-communications. We also encourage and support the development of networks of cooperatives.
Every year we apply for a federal grant from USDA to operate a Rural Cooperative Development Center. This funding allows us to respond to any cooperative business inquiry from a rural community in our region and provide a modest level of free or reduced fee hours. We seek other government or philanthropic funds in order to provide intensive assistance for start-up groups and non-rural groups that cannot afford to pay fees, and charge fees for services provided when appropriate and affordable.