Community-Owned Retail Stores

The Lost River Community Cooperative

The Lost River Community CooperativeThe Lost River Community Cooperative
Paoli, IN
A project of: Indiana Cooperative Development Center
Contact:

Debbie Trocha, debbie@icdc.coop

In September 2005, a large group of residents from the greater Orange County region in Southern Indiana gathered to discuss plans to initiate a project to support the growers of local specialty foods and enhance their availability within the region. From that meeting, a steering committee was formed to begin development work of the Lost River Community Cooperative. Since that time, the group has been off and running! MORE >>

Bowdon Co-op Grocery Store

Bowdon, North Dakota
A project of: North Dakota Rural Electric and Telecommunications Development Center
Contact:

Lori Capouch, lcapouch@ndarec.com

The Rural Electric and Telecommunications Development Center has been providing technical assistance to the community of Bowdon in an attempt to convert their grocery store to a cooperative owned by the residents and leased to a manager/operator. MORE >>

Food Co-op Webinars

Nationwide
A project of: Cooperative Development Services
Contact:

Kevin Edberg, kedberg@aol.com

The Food Co-op 500 program and Cooperative Development Services host an ongoing a series of live internet seminars, which have helped establish a new co-op in western Minnesota. MORE >>

Morris Theatre

Morris Theatre marquee at nightMorris Theatre marquee at night
Morris, Minnesota
A project of: Cooperative Development Services
Contact:

Kevin Edberg, kedberg@aol.com

CDS assisted in organizing a new co-op in the college town of Morris, Minnesota. In order to preserve a small art deco theater when the owner retired, the community of about 5,000 people purchased the theater and formed a consumer-owned co-op with the help of CDS. MORE >>