ZERO ENERGY HOMES – CMBA MEMBER HIGHLIGHT

ZERO ENERGY HOMES   Zero Energy Homes offers a fresh perspective on building for net zero energy. Founder Caroline Pryor says it’s good science, not rocket science.    While modularly-constructed, net zero energy homes are BUILT AND DELIVERED ACROSS the U.S.,...

RISING TIDE CO-OP

RISING TIDE CO-OP When I told my 13 year old daughter I was heading up to Damariscotta to visit with Heather Burt and Alex Zipparo at Rising Tide Co-op, she begged me to let her skip school to come with me (which I didn’t, but wish I had). She has been there only once...

CELEBRATION TREE FARM AND WELLNESS CENTER

CELEBRATION TREE FARM AND WELLNESS CENTER Enthusiastically greeted by Ginger, the canine, I approached the Celebration Tree Farm and Wellness Center barn to meet Jonah and Burdie, two of the three worker-owners of the multi stakeholder cooperative. They arranged some...

MaineStream Finance

  I recently had the pleasure of meeting with Ken Greenleaf to talk one on one about MaineStream Finance, one of our newest CMBA Members. Ken is a very approachable business advisor, happy to connect with you to explore your business and financial needs. Ken and...

PROJECT CO+OP – Let’s do it!

When the opportunity came to found a worker cooperative in November 2020 right in the middle of a global pandemic lockdown, the answer was an emphatic “let’s do it!” It has meant that deep thinking and questioning of how and why we work has become essential to the...

Spoke Folks Bike Cooperative Pedals into 2021

Who: Spoke Folks Cooperative What: Hauls trash/Recycling/Compost and offers delivery and general hauling all on bikes Where: Norway and South Paris, ME When: Soft launched spring/summer 2020 during pandemic, officially up and running Oct2020/ Why: To lessen idling...

P6 2020 Conference Resources

Thanks to all who attended our 7th annual P6 Conference! We had a blast because of you! What a wonderful group of participants we had this year! We were afraid that engagement would be lower and that the networking feel of the conference would get lost in a virtual...