Along with our partners, Northcountry Cooperative Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, CDS made a presentation to the annual Wisconsin Lenders Conference.
The presentation specifically addressed worker-owned co-ops as a succession strategy for retiring business owners and a business retention strategy for communities. Presenters discussed the structure of worker cooperatives and an option for financiers to make their clients aware of the option. The cohort will be presenting to Minnesota Lenders in September.
L to R: Char Vrieze, CDS, Emily Stewart, Northcountry Cooperative Foundation, and Kristin Forde, University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives.