From Fifty by Fifty: The Main Street Employee Ownership Act, passed in August 2018, relies heavily on the nation’s network of Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) to educate and support business owners in transitioning their companies to employee ownership. But for the most part, SBDC business advisors aren’t familiar with employee ownership. To begin to fill […]
From Fifty by Fifty: Fifty by Fifty recently spoke to Andrew Delmonte, a business advisor and the social enterprise coordinator for the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Buffalo State College, part of the State University of New York. Delmonte has had a longstanding interest in employee ownership and cooperatives, which he brought with him […]
From Upstart NY: Cooperation Buffalo is a worker cooperative business development founded one and a half years ago by three entrepreneurs who desired to “help people achieve economic security.” In a nutshell, Cooperation Buffalo employs strategies to start cooperative businesses. Currently, they are helping to transition a child care center in Buffalo that is structured in […]
From the Albany Times Union: What if there were a way to run a business that generated lasting wealth for employees and helped anchor companies in the U.S.? What if communities, entrepreneurs, and lawmakers joined efforts to promote these businesses as a way of retaining jobs and creating strong local economies? It sounds impossible but […]
From Buffalo Rising: After nine years in operation, Rose Garden Early Childhood Center is being transitioned into a worker-cooperative. Five employees from the center have opted to purchase the business, which is centered around the philosophies of instilling the LifeWays model – programs are based on Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy of childhood development, with a focus on […]
The Rose Garden Early Childhood Center is a 20-employee worker cooperative in Buffalo, New York centered around encouraging positive childhood development. The founder and former owner created the business to help families create strong relational bonds with their children in order to have a greater impact on society. A starting group of 5 employees are the new owners of the […]
From Lifeways: The Rose Garden Early Childhood Center is a LifeWays Representative Program and a home-away-from-home for children 18 months to 5 years in Buffalo, NY. After founding The Rose Garden in 2009, Judy Frizlen oversaw many successful years as owner and director. Then, when planning for retirement and facing the notion of handing over […]
Location: Buffalo, New York Industry: Bakery, Food and Beverage Number of employees: 17 Became employee owned: 2014 Assistance from: Cooperation Buffalo From the company http://www.breadhive.com/ Breadhive – Worker-owner stories (2017) Breadhive – Worker-owner stories (2016) Learn more Gusto – BreadHive buzzes with patrons, quality experience (2019) Buffalo Magazine – Buffalo Made: BreadHive’s West Side Sourdough […]