Steps to Developing a Cooperative
This document on "Starting a Worker Cooperative: Developmental Stages" describes four fundamental stages of cooperative development based on our model at the Center for Family Life. Within each stage, we describe the activities/tasks, the role of the...
Affordable Space: How Rising Commercial Rents Are Threatening Independent Businesses, and What Cities Are Doing About It
In cities as diverse as Nashville and Milwaukee, Charleston and Portland, Maine, retail rents have shot up by double-digit percentages over the last year alone. As the cost of space rises, urban neighborhoods that have long provided the kind of dense and varied...
NYC Worker Cooperative Development Initiative Course Syllabus: Planners
The Center for Family Life (CFL) has been incubating worker cooperatives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn since 2006. We have seen how our work has helped empower our community by supporting cooperative members in their quest for fair wages, dignified employment and social...
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