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Insource Renewables – Pittsfield, ME

Insource Renewables is a solar installation business in Pittsfield, Maine. The original […]

Railroad Avenue Supply Company – Stamford, NY

Railroad Avenue Supply Company is a 6-person Ace-affiliated hardware store in Stamford, […]

January 10, 2019June 19, 2019Cooperative Development Institute, Maine, News

Sun Journal – Chamber offers series on leaving a business

From the Sun Journal: The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, in […]

November 28, 2018June 19, 2019Capital Impact Partners, Cooperative Development Institute, Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, ICA Group, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Massachusetts, Shared Capital Cooperative, The Working World, Vermont Employee Ownership Center

Fifty by Fifty – Are Cooperatives Really So Difficult to Finance?

From Fifty by Fifty: Since 2012, CFNE has financed 15 co-op conversions […]

Rock City Employee Cooperative – Rockland, ME

Rock City Employee Cooperative is a 25-worker café and roastery in Rockland, […]

3Cross Fermentation Cooperative- Worcester, MA

3Cross Fermentation Cooperative is a 3-employee worker cooperative brewery in Worcester, Massachusetts. The original owner […]

September 18, 2017March 5, 2019Cooperative Development Institute, News, Rhode Island

Worker co-op bill being heard in Senate, could this model work for Benny’s?

From RIFuture.org: The Rhode Island Senate calendar for Tuesday features legislation that […]

May 26, 2016June 19, 2019Cooperative Development Institute, Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, Democracy at Work Institute, Maine, Vermont Employee Ownership Center

Yes – As Boomers Retire, Mom-and-Pop Businesses Convert to Co-ops to Save Jobs

From Yes Magazine: Five years later, things are better for Rock City, […]

May 3, 2016November 11, 2019Cooperative Development Institute, Maine, News

Shelterforce – The Next Boom for Worker Co-ops?

From Shelterforce For Ward, Rock City’s employees were family, and even though […]

Earth Designs Cooperative – Rosendale, NY

Earth Designs Cooperative is 20-employee landscaping company in Rosendale, New York, in […]

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Featured Pages

Worker Cooperative Policy Supports

Resources for the SBA and Main Street Employee Ownership Act

Financing Case Studies

Resources for Rural Employee Ownership

Popular Company Stories

  • The Brooklyn Packers – Brooklyn, NY

  • Metis Construction – Seattle, WA

  • A Yard and a Half Landscaping Cooperative – Waltham, MA

  • New School of Montpelier – Montpelier, VT

  • Brooklyn Stone and Tile, Brooklyn NY

  • A Child’s Place – Queens, NY

  • ChiFresh Kitchen – Chicago, IL

  • Opportunity Threads – Morganton, NC

  • Earth Designs Cooperative – Rosendale, NY

  • Once Again Nut Butter – Nunda, NY

Popular Pages

  • Worker Cooperative LLCs

  • What are the Stages of a Transition to Employee Ownership for a Small Business?

  • How are Small Business Employee Ownership Transitions Financed?

  • How Does Small Business Employee Ownership Work?

  • How Do I Create an Ownership Culture Among Employees?

  • What is Small Business Employee Ownership?

  • What are the Benefits of Employee Ownership?

  • Multi-stakeholder Cooperatives

  • What are Some Examples of Employee Owned Small Businesses?

  • Which Small Business Sectors Have Concentrations of Employee Ownership?

Popular Places

  • California

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Popular Sectors

  • Farming

  • Food and Beverage

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  • Construction

  • Tech

  • Childcare

  • Health

  • Grocery

  • Cleaning

  • Landscaping

Becoming Employee Owned is an initiative of the Democracy at Work Institute.

Our mission is to expand the worker cooperative model to reach communities most directly affected by social and economic inequality, specifically people of color, recent immigrants, and low-­wage workforces. We are a movement-based think-and-do tank supporting worker cooperatives to grow to a scale that creates meaningful change in the economy.

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