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  • At This Alexandria Community, The Challenges Of Mobile Home Ownership Are Thrown Into Sharp Relief

    October 12, 2022 |

    DCist |

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    Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Virginia

    When an offer to buy the Harmony Place mobile home community in Alexandria, Virginia, came in, the residents worked with a nonprofit to make a counterproposal in an effort to turn it into a co-op. The seller did not accept the counterproposal, but it is now considered a template for other communities looking to do something similar.

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  • The Café That's Upending Capitalism

    August 16, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Troy, New York

    Cafe Euphoria in Troy, N.Y. operates on a cooperative model in which all employees are paid the same wage and are offered an ownership stake in the business. The company is founded on a social mission to create a safe space for trans and gender nonconforming people and promotes equity through a 3:1 sliding scale for its menu and thrift shop, with 94% of customers opting to pay the top-end price of the scale.

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  • How a majority BIPOC worker co-op is disrupting the field of therapy

    May 09, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Alliance Psychological Services of New York is a worker cooperative- meaning it is owned by those working there and everyone is a part of the decision-making process. This model allows workers to choose more sustainable practices and workloads. They also have the freedom to better care for their clients with practices like sliding-scale-based payment.

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  • Could Sacramento's Surreal Estates experiment be the key to more housing for the creative economy?

    March 10, 2022 |

    Sacramento News & Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Surreal Estates, a tiny housing community in a city block, gives creatives a place to own homes and studios near like-minded people.

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  • Co-op restaurants: pipe-dream or practical solution?

    October 14, 2021 |

    The Counter |

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    Response Location: United States

    Worker-owned cooperative restaurants are giving employees ownership of, and a voice in, their workplace while removing the single-person dependency of the traditional restaurant structure.

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