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regional associations of cooperatives and their affiliated members
East Coast Workplace Democracy conference and the US Federation of Worker
Cooperatives
Cooperative Grocers Association Northeast (CGANE)
state Rural Development Councils
2
Northeast Cooperative Council
Association for Resident Control of Housing [of New England]
3
(www.weown.net)
Federation of New York Housing Cooperatives & Condominiums
(www.fnyhc.org)
National Association of Housing Cooperatives (possibly)
Cooperative Housing Coalition (which focuses on affordable housing)
state Credit Union Leagues
4
Northeast Public Power Association and
New York State Rural Electric Cooperative Association
local and state government
in particular their community and economic development branches
organizations that promote responsible consumption and sustainable communities and
produce business directories for the purposes of responsible consumption
such as Co-op America's Green Pages
academic centers
such as the University of Wisconsin Center on Cooperatives
Southern New Hampshire University, School of Community Economic
Development
institutes for the promotion of local currencies and their associated scholars
in particular the EF Schumacher Institute
journals
such as Grassroots Economic Organizing, a newsletter that also produces the
directory "An Economy of Hope," a listing of cooperative workplaces throughout
the U.S.
2
State Rural Development Councils:
Massachusetts Rural Development Council: http://www.mrdc.org/
Connecticut RDC: http://www.ruralct.org/
Rhode Island RDC: Gerard Bertrand (Interim ED) E-mail: [email protected]
New York RDC: http://www.nysrdc.org
Vermont RDC: http://www.sover.net/~vcrd/
New Hampshire RDC: http://www.ruralnh.org/
Maine RDC: http://mrdc.umext.maine.edu
3
ARCH is now defunct, but the weown.net website with detailed lists of housing cooperatives in
Massachusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island is still in existence and should prove useful.
4
State Credit Union Leagues:
Connecticut Credit Union Association, Inc: http://www.ctcua.org
Massachusetts Credit Union League, Inc: http://www.cucenter.org/ma/
Maine Credit Union League: http://www.mainecul.org/
New Hampshire Credit Union League: http://www.nhcul.org/
New York State Credit Union League: http://www.nyscul.org/
Rhode Island Credit Union League: http://www.riculeague.org/
Vermont Credit Union League: http://www.vermontcreditunions.com/