Ownership Matters

Ownership Matters

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Ownership Matters episodes

  • Changing Stigma with ROC Association Director Kim Capen
    On today's episode of Ownership Matters, we're joined by Kim Capen, the ROC Association Director for the New England Region. Kim is currently wrapping up his third and final term representing Resident Owned Communities in New England. He moved into the Medvil Cooperative in 2006 just weeks after they finalized the purchase of the neighborhood and later became Board President. He was first elected to the ROC Association Board in 2015 and is often invited to speak at pre-purchase meetings, post-purchase celebrations and conferences around the New England area. He joins the podcast to talk about his work on the ROC Association, including specific initiatives regarding stigma and branding.
    More information, including show notes and links, at rocusa.org/ownershipmatters
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    29 min
  • Curt Lyon of Transform Finance on Investing with Conscience
    In the spring of 2021, ROC USA was featured in a report by Transform Finance titled "Grassroots Community Engaged Investment: Making the Case for Community Engagement, Grassroots Participation, Democratization, and Shared Governance in Capital Interventions." The report highlights nonprofits engaging in Grassroots Community Engaged Investing, which they describe as a "power-building approach to investment." In today's episode of Ownership Matters, we're joined by Curt Lyons, co-author of the report, to learn more about Transform Finance, talk about community engaged investing, and hear this thoughts on what stands out about ROC USA and Resident Owned Communities nationwide.
    More information, including show notes and links, at rocusa.org/ownershipmatters
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    31 min
  • Capeando la tormenta, solidaridad en Pasadena Trails
    En este episodio de Ser Propietario Importa, invitadas Esthela Garza y Blanca Vega comparten su experiencia capeando heladas, un huracán y más como comunidad cooperativa. Aunque la cooperativa Pasadena Trails ha sido una comunidad ROC muy exitosa por más de 12 años, recientemente por la pandemia y temperaturas extremas, han tenido que colaborar entre la comunidad y con otras comunidades ROC para estar más fuertes que nunca. En el episodio de hoy, Blanca y Esthela explican exactamente lo que les ayudó a capear múltiples tormentas y porqué su ROC es tan atractiva para las familias de Pasadena, Texas.
    15 min
  • Manufactured Housing, Where it's Been and Where it's Going with Industry Pioneer George Allen
    On this week's episode of Ownership Matters, we're joined by industry pioneer George Allen to talk about the history and the future of manufactured housing. George is a widely respected manufactured home industry expert who was inducted into the RV/MH Heritage Hall of Fame in 2011. To date, he has trained and certified nearly 1,500 Manufactured Housing Managers and is the author of a book title Land Lease Community Management.
    More information, including show notes and links, at rocusa.org/ownershipmatters
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    26 min
  • 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 her visit to the community as part of research for two articles in the Financial Times. In today's episode, Tom tells us all about their little slice of heaven on the Clackamas River, providing insight on the decision to purchase back in 2012, improvements the community has made since then, and the challenges the community faced over the last year.
    More information, including show notes and links, at rocusa.org/ownershipmatters
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    32 min
  • 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 east coast for its sharp cheddar cheese - but did you know it's also a cooperative? Roberta has a rich knowledge of cooperatives - take a listen!
    More information, including show notes and links, at rocusa.org/ownershipmatters
    22 min
  • 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, Rana shares her perspective on Resident Owned Communities and talks about her visits to two ROCs as part of the research she did for her articles.
    More information including, show notes and links to Rana's articles, at rocusa.org/ownershipmatters
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    26 min
  • 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 the first episode of Ownership Matters, Julie walks us through the history of resident ownership in New Hampshire and nationally, and shares some of her favorite stories from cooperatives and cooperative leaders.
    More information, including show notes and links, at rocusa.org/ownershipmatters
    26 min
  • 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. Dennis tells us all about Marilla Country Village's successes: paving 1.5 miles of road, a new playground, a new tractor for snow emergencies and new homes installed in the community!
    More information including show notes and links at rocusa.org/ownershipmatters
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    24 min
  • 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 the Park Plaza Cooperative. Hosts Paul Bradley and Mike Bullard kick off this episode by introducing Natividad and her amazing successes—leading to her election to the ROC USA Board of Directors. Natividad provides a little personal background and what brought her to Park Plaza before it was a co-op. She talks about the dramatic changes that have happened since she first moved in. Learn about their neighbor helping neighbor experience that is present today, their pandemic projects, and even the food service she sought for their community!
    More information including show notes and links at rocusa.org/ownershipmatters
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    34 min

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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…