Ownership Matters is a podcast for homeowners in Resident Owned Communities featuring conversations with people who live in, work with, and advocate for ROCs. Hosts Paul Bradley and Mike Bullard share conversations with people at the heart of the resident ownership movement.
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Episodes
Episode Six: Clackamas, a ROC on the River in Oregon
In this episode of Ownership Matters, we’re joined by Tom Powers, the Board President at Clackamas River Community Cooperative in Clackamas, Oregon. If this Resident Owned Community sounds familiar, Rana Foroohar, our guest in episode four, talked about
Episode Five: Cooperative Spotlight – Cabot Creamery Cooperative
On this week’s episode of Ownership Matters, we’re joined by Roberta McDonald, the Senior Vice President of Brand Strategy at Cabot, a co-operative of farm families that has been around since 1919. Cabot is well-known on the
Episode Four: Resident Ownership Goes Global with Rana Foroohar
On today’s episode of Ownership Matters, we’re joined by Financial Times’ Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor Rana Foroohar to talk about two articles she wrote about manufactured housing communities for the Financial Times. In this episode,
Episode Three: New Homes, Roads, and a Tractor at Marilla Country Village
On today’s episode of Ownership Matters, we’re joined by Dennis Jakubowski, Board President of Marilla Country Village, a resident-owned community in Alden, New York. The community is in its 10th year of resident ownership and has 154 lots.
Episode Two: 10 Years of Progress in Park Plaza Cooperative
In today’s episode of Ownership Matters, we welcome Natividad Seefeld, Board President of Park Plaza Cooperative in Fridley, Minnesota. Natividad is an amazing community leader who lives and breathes the success of Park Plaza Cooperative. She talks about
Episode One: How It All Began, with Julie Eades
Julie Eades spent 36 years as the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, where she championed resident ownership and helped build a program that helped 130 manufactured home communities transition to resident ownership. In this
Meet the Hosts
Paul Bradley
Paul founded ROC USA in 2008 and currently serves as the organization’s president. In 30 years of work with resident owned communities, Paul has heard hundreds (if not thousands) of inspiring stories from people involved in the resident ownership movement. Ownership Matters was his idea – he’s excited to share some of the powerful stories he’s heard throughout his career with people across the country via the podcast.
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Mike Bullard
Mike joined the ROC USA team in 2012 and currently serves as communications and marketing manager. Mike has visited more than one hundred resident owned communities to take photos, meet with residents, and help communities build their own marketing websites. Mike is excited to serve as co-host on Ownership Matters and hopes to provide a few laughs!
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