STORIES OF COOPERATIVES AND NEW OWNERSHIP MODELS

"In our time, the need for alternative kinds of ownership is more critical than ever, for the path ahead forks. The path of business as usual points toward a fortress world, a place where the wealthy few retreat into enclaves of luxury and security while most struggle in fear and want. The path of transformation points toward a new economy, a potentially generative economy that yields prosperity both sustainable and shared. Whichever world we choose, it will be ownership and financial architectures that give it its essential shape."— Marjorie Kelly, from Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution
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GENESEE CO-OP FEDERAL CREDIT UNION



Founded in 1981 Genesee Co-Op Federal Credit Union has evolved to serve a broad constituency, as it lends with increasing intentionality and inventiveness to support its regional economy.

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BED-STUY FRESH & LOCAL



A new-generation corner grocer with a big heart brings healthy, affordable foods to its neighborhood, and converts to a worker ownership.

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THE WORKING WORLD



Offering financing to start up and early stage worker cooperatives structured such that investors realize returns only when the coops generate real, economic value.

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ALEX PAYNE



Alex was exploring ways to take a more active and meaningful role in his personal investing and found a home with The Working World.

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BRONX COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE


A promising exemplar of truly regenerative, scalable economic development in progress, blending the intuitiveness of a community’s grassroots with more formal systemic approaches to building lasting community wealth and well being.

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MARK PHILLIPS' COOPERATIVE VACATION


We are pleased to cross-post this delightful photojournalism piece by Mark Phillips, inspired by the Field Guide Co-Cycle story


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VIROQUA FOOD COOP


A P6 Trade Movement member, this coop works to connect owners and consumers with the value of small, local, and cooperatively produced food.


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THE DRIFTLESS, WISCONSIN


Geography is destiny in this rugged landscape, where a collaborative community of hardscrabble farmers and a remarkably diverse co-operative economy has emerged. 


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P6 COOPERATIVE TRADE MOVEMENT


The Principle 6 Cooperative Trade Movement is a growing network of retail and producer food cooperatives that is exploring creative ways to support a just and healthy food system and to encourage conversations around it.


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BENDIGO BANK



The Bendigo Community Bank Model—part franchise, part cooperative—has helped recirculate capital into local economies and empowered communities to reshape their futures through a unique grant-making structure.

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BRONX COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE


Guided by a deep intention to discover the essence of the people, resources, and place of the Bronx, BCDI enables members of a New York City community, judged one of the poorest by financial wealth standards, to co-create their regeneration.


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CO-CYCLE



In the summer of 2012 and 2013 a group of college students and recent grads bicycled across America to visit cooperatives, to hone their own cooperative skills, and to reimagine the country they were about to inherit.



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EVERGREEN COOPERATIVES


A remarkable experiment in cooperative-ownership and anchor-institution-based “green” job creation in Cleveland’s inner city unleashes the energy of workers to become actors in history in their own lifetimes.



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LOPEZ COMMUNITY LAND TRUST


A cooperative, affordable-housing community land trust incubates entrepreneurialism and land stewardship on an island of breath-taking natural beauty off the coast of Washington State. 
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