To read about the first use of the 1042 Rollover in a Co-op ... Click Here

View numerous articles regarding Cooperatives in the OEOC Library ... Click Here

For video and webinars on selling your business to a worker-owned cooperative, click here

The Evergreen Cooperative Development Project:

This initiative is based on collaboration among the OEOC, the city of Cleveland, The Cleveland Foundation, and Shore Bank of Cleveland. Our mission is not only to create jobs, but also to generate wealth for low-income residents while also stabilizing neighborhoods. The project emerged as we began to explore how we could anchor and create businesses that employ residents, and build wealth in the surrounding area. Employee ownership is an excellent tool to use. It has a proven track record of generating jobs, anchoring capital within neighborhoods, promoting asset accumulation and building viable economic enterprises. A critical tactic is the creation of new employee owned businesses, largely structured on the co-op model, whose products and services would match the procurement needs of large nearby institutions. In addition, the Evergreen Cooperative Development Fund will provide long term funding resources.

For an overview of the entire Evergreen Cooperative project, click here

For a description of the first phase, The Evergreen Cooperative Laundry, click here.

Visit the Evergreen Laundry website www.evergreencoop.com

Links to media coverage of the Evergreen Project

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