Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips (D- MN 3rd District) held an exclusive roundtable on employee ownership in mid-August, to which CDS was invited. The focus of the event highlighted the benefits of employee ownership as well as the barriers, particularly related to…

CDS congratulates GreenTree Co-op Market as they opened their new and expanded store in downtown Mt. Pleasant MI on December 8. This project represents an expansion and relocation from their current 1500 sq. ft. store to a new 10,000 sq.…

On Thursday May 13, 2021, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Service and CDS hosted a webinar about formation of community real estate investment cooperatives. The webinar will support the release this spring of a new publication, An Introduction to Real…

This webinar, held on Thursday, April 22, 2021, covered worker-owned cooperatives, with particular focus on the conversion of existing private businesses to cooperative ownership. You can view the webinar here. Would a worker-owned cooperative be right for your small business…

GreenTree Grocery Cooperative in Mount Pleasant MI broke ground in May for what will be the biggest downtown development in Mt. Pleasant in decades. The co-op will expand and relocate from its current 2500 sq. ft. store to a new…

After several years of planning and community organizing, a new food co-op opened its doors last week in Fredericksburg VA. The co-op has over 1900 owners, projects over $4 million in annual sales, and will employ about 35 people (about…