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Community Conversations will host a presentation/discussion open to the public on:
Saturday May 10 – 12:30-2:30 p.m. – Menomonie Public Library
Steve Carlson, president of the Wisconsin Manufactured Home Owners Alliance will be the presenter. He will be joined by Stephen Parliament who oversaw the creation of the first manufactured home community cooperative in Wisconsin – Countryside Park Coop in Cumberland, WI.
Discussion to include: 1) cooperative mobile home parks where ownership of the lots belong to the community; 2) the Wisconsin Manufactured Home Owners Alliance; 3) new legislation being considered in Michigan and Minnesota that protects the rights of homeowners, provides for rent controls and encourages communication between park owners and home owners.
Source: Lorene Vedder (Community Conversations moderator, retired physician)