Public Policy Clinic   

What can a cooperative do for you and your community?

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WHAT IS A BUSINESS COOPERATIVE?

It is a business where the employees own the business so that as the business becomes profitable, the employees get theprofit. 

WHY ARE COMMUNITY BASED COOPERATIVES A GOOD IDEA?

A community based cooperative works well because it is important that business owners have the opportunity to talk together and that they have a common goal.  Members of a close community can make this happen easily.

WHAT IS AN ASSET MAP?

An asset map is a description of the assets a community has to offer including the skills and knowledge of its people.  Knowing a community's assets will help the community launch cooperative businesses that are in line with the things neighbors in the community can do and like to do.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE ASSET MAP?

After the community assets are mapped, these maps will be reviewed by people with significant business skills to find profitable business opportunities given the assets they see.  That list will be brought back to the community to narrow the list to three or four.  That smaller list will go back to the business people to be developed into real business plans that investors can see.  Then it will be time to get them to investment!



WHAT IS A WELLNESS COOPERATIVE?

A Wellness Cooperative is a group of people who get together to pool their resources in order to get the wellness services they need.  Wellness is more than just access to a doctor and dentist.. 

WHAT KINDS OF SERVICES CAN A WELLNESS COOPERATIVE PROVIDE?

BABYSITTING

NUTRITIOUS MEAL PREPARATION

STRESS REDUCTION TIME

EXERCISE CLUBS

PROBLEM SOLVING GROUPS

TRANSPORTATION

HEALTH SERVICES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD