Center for Community Based Enterprise
C2BE provides legal, business-planning, marketing, and employee-training expertise to help you create living-wage jobs through employee ownership. ENTREPRENEURS Resilient. Motivated. Engaged. These three words describe self-determined Detroiters who are working for the businesses that they own or are building their businesses. A cooperative (co-op) is what “working together” and “having a voice” in how the business is run looks like – collaborative, team-based and enterprising. The more successful the business, the more profits get shared, which ultimately benefits the team and the community where it lives. ESTABLISHED ENTERPRISES Are you a retiring [...]
Northwest Agriculture Business Center
Let NABC help you grow your business NABC provides business development resources to farmers and agriculture-related business in northwest Washington. We work collaboratively to evaluate innovative agricultural products or services in order to ensure successful implementation into the market place. NABC's fee-based technical assistance provides farm clients with "hand's-on" business plan review and development, preparation of capital and financing strategies and plans, value-added product development and marketing, project evaluations, and professional referrals. Please review the Client Application Process for further details. Usted habla Español? Por favor visita nuestra página en español para [...]
Columinate
Columinate consultants offer co-ops and community organizations keen insights and a sense of direction, leveraging more than three decades of experience and expertise. Partnering with Columinate will help you create positive change and move forward with confidence.
Montana Cooperative Development Center
The MCDC a stand-alone 501c(3) nonprofit corporation. As the statewide resource for cooperative development, MCDC works with new and existing co-ops and other groups to evaluate co-op business models and strategies to meet their objectives. Throughout the state of Montana, MCDC has a team of cooperative development specialists dedicated to locally promoting the cooperative model as a viable alternative for rural business development. This team of professionals works to foster the development of new cooperatives and helps to improve existing cooperatives. MCDC works with groups across Montana to develop innovative cooperative business in retail, fitness, manufacturing, agriculture, marketing, housing, [...]
NWCDC
NWCDC is a nonprofit organization devoted to assisting new and existing cooperative businesses, from daycare centers to credit unions. NWCDC supports cooperatives in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Hawaii. Founded by cooperatives in 1977, the Center has grown into the Northwest’s leading provider of services for co-op business development. We have a long history of collaborating with communities, governments, economic development agencies and other cooperatives, sharing expertise and building cross-sector support for new and existing cooperatives We understand that when consumers, producers or workers become business owners of a cooperative, their individual and [...]
National Cooperative Bank
National Cooperative Bank (NCB) provides comprehensive banking services to cooperatives and other member-owned organizations throughout the country. What makes NCB unique is that the bank was created to address the financial needs of an underserved market niche – people who join together cooperatively to meet personal, social or business needs, especially in low-income communities. Our Mission NCB’s mission is to help cooperatives grow by supporting and being an advocate for America’s cooperatives and their members, placing special emphasis on serving the needs of communities that are economically challenged. Our Customers NCB’s customers are cooperatives, [...]
Food Co-op Initiative
Food Co-op Initiative is a non-profit 501c(3) that was created to provide resources and support for communities that want to start new food co-ops. We can offer you support, referrals, and access to training material so that you will have the best chance for a creating a successful co-op or buying club. New Food Co-ops Start Here!
Mission West Community Development Partners
The mission of Mission West Community Development Partners is to “enhance the quality of life and economic well-being of all residents of Lake County and the Flathead Indian Reservation” Established in 1995, LCCDC is a regional development organization that has proven to be exceedingly effective for Western Montana. Our collective efforts have resulted in economic development, affordable housing, and community infrastructure projects worth more than $58 million since 1995. Business development activities have created or retained more than 500 jobs in the local economy. Our Cooperative Development Center was established in 1999. [...]