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 cooperative, with a path for others to join.
Industry: Childcare
Location: New York
Number of employees: 23
Became employee owned: 2017
Assistance: Cooperation Buffalo, The Working World, ICA Group
Learn more
- ICA Group – Rose Garden Case Study (2019)
- Buffalo Rising – Rose Garden Early Childhood Center transitions into Worker Cooperative (2017)
- Lifeways – The Rose Garden becomes a worker-owned cooperative (2017)
- Rose Garden – The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same (2017)
