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Mission West Community Development Partners
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Mission West Community Development Partners

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. [...]

By Samantha Foust|2022-07-20T16:04:52-07:00September 25th, 2017|Comments Off

Keystone Development Center
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Keystone Development Center

Keystone Development Center

KDC’s mission is to sustain communities, economies, and resources through cooperatively owned businesses. As a provider of technical assistance (TA) to cooperatives and other agriculture-related businesses throughout the Mid-Atlantic, KDC is well positioned to provide support in the areas of technical assistance for businesses wishing to form as cooperatives. With over 20 years of cooperative development experience and a long-standing commitment to cooperatives in the agriculture and food business sector, KDC brings an extensive amount of relevant experience including technical assistance, capacity building, business planning, organizational analysis, IT assistance, education & training, [...]

By Samantha Foust|2023-01-06T11:27:45-08:00September 25th, 2017|Comments Off

Cooperative Development Services
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Cooperative Development Services

Cooperative Development Services

Cooperative Development Services shares a vision of people working together cooperatively and responsibly to achieve their social and economic well-being through organizations they own and control. The mission of CDS is to support, build and strengthen organizations that contribute to cooperative and sustainable development through consultation and participation in the development, restructuring and expansion of cooperative organizations in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Brief History Cooperative Development Services is a non-profit organization founded in 1985. Since its inception, CDShas been committed to providing a range of innovative, results-oriented, and cost-effective services to cooperatives [...]

By Samantha Foust|2023-08-02T13:30:31-07:00September 25th, 2017|Comments Off

Cooperative Development Institute
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Cooperative Development Institute

Cooperative Development Institute

The Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) is the Northeast’s Center for cooperative business development. Founded in 1994 by cooperative leaders across industry sectors, CDI’s mission is to build vibrant economies through the creation and development of successful cooperatively structured enterprises in diverse communities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, and New York. While our focus is rural and regional, we contribute to innovative economic development strategies on national and global levels. We envision an economy in which people work together to achieve their common goals, ensure access to quality jobs [...]

By Samantha Foust|2022-07-20T15:52:04-07:00September 24th, 2017|Comments Off

Cooperative Development Foundation
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Cooperative Development Foundation

Cooperative Development Foundation

The Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) promotes self-help and mutual aid in community, economic, and social development through cooperative enterprise. CDF is a thought leader in the use of cooperatives to create resilient communities, including the housing and care needs of seniors and people living with disabilities. Through its funds, fiscal sponsorships, and fundraising, CDF makes grants and loans that foster cooperative development domestically and abroad. CDF provides recovery grants to cooperatives impacted by disaster, scholarships to train local cooperative leaders, and funding for research and education to advance the understanding of cooperatives. [...]

By Alex Stone|2023-01-06T15:43:12-08:00September 23rd, 2017|Comments Off

Cooperative Catalyst of New Mexico
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Cooperative Catalyst of New Mexico

Cooperative Catalyst of New Mexico

Our Vision is of a culture throughout New Mexico which supports wealth building and a more just economic system, with economic opportunities available to people from diverse areas and populations and in communities throughout the State. Our Mission is to empower communities and individuals to create local wealth, catalyzing and fostering local cooperatives through technical, management, education / training and financial support. We aim to catalyze the creation of a generative cooperative ecosystem

By Alex Stone|2022-07-20T15:49:46-07:00September 22nd, 2017|Comments Off

California Center for Cooperative Development (CCCD)
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California Center for Cooperative Development (CCCD)

California Center for Cooperative Development (CCCD)

The mission of the California Center for Cooperative Development is to promote cooperatives as a vibrant business model to address the economic and social needs of California’s communities. CCCD fulfills this mission by: Educating the public, community institutions, and government agencies to foster and promote the understanding of cooperatives; Identifying and disseminating information about successful practices and models for cooperatives; Encouraging cooperation and coordination among various types of cooperatives; Providing technical assistance and education for the development of cooperatives to best address economic and social needs. Summary of Services The Center offers annual seminars [...]

By Samantha Foust|2023-07-07T09:37:02-07:00September 17th, 2017|Comments Off