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Category: The Industrial Commons

March 1, 2019June 19, 2019North Carolina, The Industrial Commons

Wealth Works – Employee Ownership Pays Off

From Wealth Works: Interest in employee ownership and other bottom-up business strategies […]

February 21, 2018June 19, 2019New Jersey, New York, News, Ohio, Project Equity, The Industrial Commons, Wisconsin

NPQ – Nonprofits Shift Baby Boomer Businesses to Worker Ownership in Bid for Community Sustainability

Read full article at Nonprofit Quarterly: At NPQ, we have written about the growing […]

February 21, 2018June 19, 2019Center for Community Based Enterprise, News, Project Equity, The Industrial Commons

Entrepreneur – Why an Increasing Number of Retiring Entrepreneurs Are Selling the Business to Their Employees

From Entrepreneur: Baby boomers own about half of all privately-held companies with […]

January 10, 2018June 19, 2019North Carolina, The Industrial Commons

Fast Company – Can the Wave of Baby Boomer Entrepreneur Retirements Create a Surge of Worker-Owned Businesses

From Fast Company: If you work at a textile or furniture factory […]

August 19, 2017June 19, 2019North Carolina, Project Equity, The Industrial Commons

Mountain Xpress – Nonprofit groups to host Aug. 23 session on worker-owned businesses

From Mountain Xpress: Charen’s interest in the idea of cooperative businesses is […]

July 10, 2017June 19, 2019Democracy at Work Institute, ICA Group, News, North Carolina, Project Equity, The Industrial Commons

IEDC – For Retiring Business Owners, Worker-Owners Can Carry the Torch

From the International Economic Development Council (pdf): For the busy owners of […]

June 3, 2017June 19, 2019North Carolina, The Industrial Commons

Asheville Citizen Times – Employee Ownership could be Asheville’s Key to Prosperity

From the Asheville Citizen Times (pdf): In Western North Carolina the 12,000 […]

May 2, 2017June 19, 2019Project Equity, The Industrial Commons

PR Log – Soon-to-retire Baby Boomers In Western North Carolina Own ½ Of All Privately-held Businesses

From PR Log: The Industrial Commons and its national partner Project Equity, […]

Opportunity Threads – Morganton, NC

Industry: Manufacturing Location: Morganton, North Carolina Number of employees: 20 Became employee owned: […]

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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?

  • What are Some Examples of Employee Owned Small Businesses?

  • Multi-stakeholder Cooperatives

  • Which Small Business Sectors Have Concentrations of Employee Ownership?

Popular Places

  • California

  • Washington

  • Florida

  • Colorado

  • Illinois

  • Maryland

  • Virginia

  • Wisconsin

  • New York

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Popular Sectors

  • Farming

  • Food and Beverage

  • Manufacturing

  • Construction

  • Tech

  • Childcare

  • Health

  • Grocery

  • Cleaning

  • Landscaping

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