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The Watershed Nursery – Pt. Richmond, CA

Image from The Watershed Nursery Location: Pt. Richmond, California Sector: Landscape and […]

Four Dimensions Landscape – Oakland, CA

Image from Four Dimensions Landscape Location: Oakland, California Sector: Landscape and Gardening […]

Maximum Fun – Los Angeles, CA

Image from Project Equity  Location: Los Angeles, California Sector: Media Founded: 2004 […]

Hummingbird Wholesale – Portland, OR

Image from Hummingbird Wholesale  Location: Portland, Oregon Sector: Food and Beverage Founded: […]

Resource Development Associates – Oakland, CA

Image from Project Equity Location: Oakland, California Sector: Consulting Founded: 1984 Employee […]

Promotoras Cooperative — Berkeley, CA

Location: Berkeley, California                    […]

Proof Bakery — Los Angeles, CA

Location: Los Angeles, California                  […]

Happy Earth Cleaning – Minneapolis, MN

Industry: Cleaning Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Number of employees: 19 Became employee owned: […]

November 20, 2019December 3, 2019News, Project Equity

Forbes – Baby Boomers’ Untapped Legacy: Stronger Local Economies

From Forbes: Income and wealth imbalances are getting bigger. There was a […]

October 11, 2019December 3, 2019California, News, Project Equity

Yes – Converting Businesses to Cooperatives Just Got Easier

From Yes! Magazine: As Tom Adams, co-founder of Adams & Chittenden Scientific […]

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Popular Company Stories

  • Metis Construction – Seattle, WA
  • The Brooklyn Packers – Brooklyn, NY
  • 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 Should an Employee Transition Team Focus on?
  • What are Some Examples of Employee Owned Small Businesses?
  • Multi-stakeholder Cooperatives

Popular Places

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  • New York
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  • Farming
  • Food and Beverage
  • Manufacturing
  • Construction
  • Childcare
  • Tech
  • Health
  • Grocery
  • Cleaning
  • Landscape and Gardening

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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