Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:00 pm ET Register Here Working People and Business Owners. Weavers and Socialists. Democracy Activists and Abolitionists. Over 170 years ago, a small group of people founded a humble grocery co-op in the North of England with an ambitious vision for a better world. Building on earlier experiments in co-operative enterprise, their ideas […]
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CoMN April 08, 2021 eNewsletter
Go here to see eNewsletter. Tuesday, April 13 2:00 pm ET Register Here Working People and Business Owners. Weavers and Socialists. Democracy Activists and Abolitionists. Over 170 years ago, a small group of people founded a humble grocery co-op in the North of England with an ambitious vision for a better world. Building on earlier experiments in co-operative enterprise, […]
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See online version of eNewsletter here. Rod Nilsestuen Legacy Event Far-Field Effects of Sea-Level Rise:We Are All Coastal Wednesday, March 31, 20214:30 – 6:00 PM CST ● Virtual Register Here What is the impact of climate change on wealth transfer in the Heartland? Rising sea level has immediate and obvious impacts to the coastal […]
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Arts Cooperative to open Thurs. Feb. 27 in Minneapolis Longfellow Neighborhood MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A week from Thursday, a new cooperative will open in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis along Minnehaha Avenue. It will be the first time this group of Black artists will have a space to call their own. The Black Table Arts Cooperative, […]
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September 13, Maple Grove, MinnesotaNCBA CLUSA, the Cooperative Development Foundation and local partners Cooperative Development Services and Cooperative Network will host a regional cooperative policy roundtable in Maple Grove, Minnesota in More information here.
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Thursday, October 3, 20196:00 PM – 8:00 PM CoCreatz Coworking & Venue2388 University Ave. W.Floor 1Saint Paul, MN 55114 FREE REGISTER HERE (limited seating, 50 people) Hear a compelling talk from author Jon Steinman as he visits Saint Paul on his 130-stop North American book tour.Grocery stores exert considerable influence over the global food supply and […]
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The story of Park Plaza Cooperative’s success as a cooperatively owned mobile home community has found its way into national and state media in the last year. Here are two great stories that show the promise of what cooperatives can deliver in terms of community and sustainability. Stay tuned for a CoMingle at the Park […]
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At our 2017 Annual Meeting, there was unanimous approval among the nearly 27 attendees to transition CoMinnesota to a dues paying membership organization. This was necessary to establish a membership base from which we could draw governance, financial, and volunteer support. So far, we have nearly 30 members and $1,500 in member dues have been raised […]
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The results from our membership organization survey were positive enough for the Steering Committee to move forward with its proposal to turn CoMinnesota into a membership dues paying organization. (Download the CoMN 2017 survey results.) We received 65 responses. Almost all found value in many of our program areas, and about two thirds indicated that making […]
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