After more than four years of struggle, the homeowners at the 90-site Trailer Terrace MHC just outside Great Falls, Mont., have become the owners of their community. The closing started Tuesday and was completed Wednesday. Through threatened foreclosure, … More »
News
Resident Ownership in the news
The Deseret News posted a piece over the weekend about resident ownership. The writer, Lane Anderson, did a great job pointing out many of the benefits (like security, and stable rents) of resident-owned mobile home communities. The piece … More »
Whispering Pines Cooperative debuts online
ROC USA® on Tuesday launched a marketing website for Whispering Pines Homeowner Co-op, a 55-home resident-owned community in Oak Harbor, Wash. Whispering Pines, which opened more than 25 years ago and became a ROC in November 2013, is … More »
Montana ROC leader’s photo published in national blog
ROC USA plays a pretty large part in a piece in the current Rooflines, the blog for Shelterforce magazine. It also features a photo from Lorie Cahill of Green Acres! ROC On, Lorie! The article gives a lot … More »
New sign, new look
The Members of Sunrise Villa Cooperative in Cannon Falls, Minn., recently replaced the sign at the entrance of their ROC. It looks great! You can see the old sign leaning up against the wall of the kids’ bus … More »
Powder House website goes live
ROC USA® today launched a marketing website for Powder House Cooperative, a 48-home resident-owned community in Exeter, N.H. Powder House, which opened as Deep Meadows Estates in the early 1980s and became a ROC in 2008, sits a short ride … More »
Take a drive through Tucker Drive Co-op
Members of Tucker Drive Cooperative in Contoocook, N.H., saw their ROC appear online today, and the site includes a quick jaunt around their neighborhood. The 36-home resident-owned community opened as Elm Brook Village in the early 1990s and became … More »
A tip to bring your community together
Here’s a great way to introduce your community, celebrate and memorialize a fun event, or just chase away the blues and build community spirit! Colleen Preston put this together to introduce her community, Cranberry Village, at the most recent … More »
More SNOWvember news
In Marilla, it sounds like there’s finally light at the end of the snow tunnel. Marilla Country Village President Dennis Jakubowski and Vice President Jay Marble (thanks, Jay, for the snappy headline!) were among the dozens who formed shovel … More »
UPDATED: N.Y. ROC buried by winter storm
UPDATE Dennis forwarded two more photos from Marilla, and if you thought 4 feet was bad, check out 70-78 inches. Unbelievable! A snowstorm that most of us would consider cataclysmic bore down this week on the greater Buffalo, … More »