CONCORD, N.H. – ROC USA® National Acquisitions and Project Manager Angela Romeo will present the benefits of the resident-owned cooperative model on the We Own It Power Up Panel, taking place online on Monday, October 5 from 7-8:30 … More »
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ROC USA® Takes Network Convening Online
CONCORD, N.H. – Last week, ROC USA® staff and Network affiliates joined one another online to strengthen and enhance the skills they use to help community members. Originally scheduled to take place in person in Kalispell, Montana, the convening was moved … More »
Bradley, Capen Speak at ROC-NH Community Leadership Training Graduation
CONCORD, N.H. — ROC USA® President Paul Bradley and ROC Association New England Region Director Kim Capen were guest speakers at ROC-NH’s Community Leadership Training series graduation last week, hosted in a socially distanced format at the Kimball … More »
Pammel Creek Estates youngest residents are KICKing into action
LA CROSSE, WIS. – One Member-owner of Pammel Creek Estates, a 56-home resident owned community in Wisconsin, used innovation to solve a problem in the cooperative. Onsite Manager Peggy Claflin noticed she was spending her summer days nagging … More »
Unprecedented wildfires threaten several Oregon ROCs
ROC USA® has been closely monitoring the wildfires in Oregon and Washington in relation to resident-owned communities. Reports indicate that four cooperatives in Oregon have been issued evacuation orders – Vida-Lea Community Cooperative in Leaburg, Umpqua Ranch Cooperative … More »
Independent rent study shows ROCs grow more affordable every year
CONCORD, N.H. – Each year, ROC USA® commissions a market rent study to measure how co-ops are doing relative to the market on the important question of affordability. Colliers, the leading appraisal firm in the Manufactured (“Mobile”) Home … More »
ROC USA® Issues Seven COVID-19 Rent Assistance Grants in July and August
CONCORD, N.H. — As COVID-19 continues to ravage the United States, resident-owned cooperatives have also been hit hard by the virus. When the crisis began in March, ROC USA® worked quickly to establish a fundraising campaign to provide … More »
ROC USA featured on Mobile Home University lecture series
CONCORD, N.H.—ROC USA® President Paul Bradley and National Acquisitions and Project Manager Angela Romeo were guests on Frank Rolfe’s lecture series, which was posted last week on Rolfe’s Mobile Home University website. Rolfe, the fifth-largest owner of manufactured … More »
On-Demand ROC Leadership Institute Content Available
CONCORD, N.H.—The first virtual ROC Leadership Institute is underway and recordings of classes are available to watch on demand with a myROCUSA.org account. Over the past five weeks, ROC Leadership Institute participants have attended online classes on subjects … More »
Grants to Fund 27 Projects for Resident Owned Communities
CONCORD, N.H. – A record 27 ROCs received good news this week that their Better Together grant applications have been approved, totaling more than $50,000 in awards. ROC USA® and the ROC Association Directors are pleased to announce … More »