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There at the beginning
The Sirles brothers' lives were changed by growing up in New Hampshire's first resident-owned community (ROC) in Meredith Center.

Bringing solar energy to ROCs
We're investing in solar projects in resident-owned communities to bring more-affordable renewable energy to low- and medium-income homeowners.

Infill training series
Empty lots cost resident-owned communities (ROCs) thousands of dollars each year. Why not get going now on a plan to fill yours? Our video series takes you through what needs to be done.

Co-ops are good for communities
A planning director lists the ways cities and towns benefit from the presence of resident-owned manufactured-home communities.

Co-op work is rewarding
A ROC president calls leading a community challenging and satisfying. One key is making sure all members have a voice.

'Boot Camp' for new co-op boards
Board members and leaders of newly converted ROCs learn when they need to know at ROC-NH's "boot camps."

Preserving affordable housing
Why manufactured housing, the most-affordable housing option in many communities, needs to be preserved.

Nowhere to go
The owner of a manufactured-home park in Hooksett, N.H., closed the park and evicted the residents, some of whom were elders and had nowhere else to go.

Co-op members run the business
Cooperative ownership puts residents in charge of a multi-million-dollar business--their community.

Pride, safety, control
Members of manufactured-home cooperatives describe numerous benefits of resident ownership of their communities.

The first 100
The story of New Hampshire's first 100 resident-owned manufactured-home communities (ROCs)

A home you take pride in
Manufactured homes aren't trailers, and they're not mobile. Homeowners take much pride in their houses and their communities

Co-ops add value to communities
A planning director lists the ways cities and towns benefit from the presence of resident-owned manufactured-home communities.

Getting beyond the 'us-them'
Although people living in manufactured housing often deal with stigma, the reality is we all started somewhere.

They'll tell you to live here
When homeowners and residents take pride in their community, public perception changes.

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Mentorship and community means "being seen" for Black entrepreneur
The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund supports entrepreneurs of color like Nicole Sublette of Therapists of Color New England with funding, connections, and mentorship.

Giving small food businesses "a shot in the arm"
The Contoocook Creamery at Bohanan Farm in Hopkinton, a fifth-generation family-owned dairy farm. is exactly the type of business our Farm Food Initiative was created to support.

Far from their homes, a fresh start
Three Fresh Start Farms in central NH provide training on land access, production, and marketing to refugees who were farmers and who want to work and contribute financially to their households. Mukhtar Idhow is the Executive Director of the Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success (ORIS), which oversees Fresh Start Farms.

Technical assistance helps business owners succeed
Mola Foods owner Jeannette Bryant needed assistance with marketing, sales, and organizing her financial reporting to take her business to the next level. The NH Community Loan Fund's business finance team gave her the training — and the encouragement — she needed.

New ideas for family business
The owners of Polly's Pancake Parlor in Sugar Hill, N.H., worked with a business coach, then expanded the restaurant's business and hours.

Recipe for success
Throwback Brewery serves food and beer made with mostly local ingredients on a historic farm in North Hampton.