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Category: North Carolina

November 8, 2018July 23, 2019News, North Carolina

City of Durham – Durham Commits to Shared Equity in Economic Development with Local Business Retention via Employee Ownership

From the City of Durham:  DURHAM, N.C. – Thanks to the City […]

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 […]

April 28, 2017June 19, 2019News, North Carolina

Mountain Xpress – Passing the torch: What happens when local business owners retire?

From Mountain Xpress: The imminent mass retirement of baby boomers has both […]

Electric Violin Shop – Durham, NC

Electric Violin Shop is a 5-employee instrument sales and repair shop in […]

May 16, 2016June 19, 2019Carolina Common Enterprise, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Music, North Carolina

Electric Violin Shop – Under New Ownership: EVS Converts To A Worker-owned Cooperative

From the Electric Violin Shop: May 16th, 2016 looked like any normal […]

Tangerine Clean – Durham, NC

Industry: Cleaning Location: Durham, North Carolina Number of employees: 5 Became employee owned: […]

Opportunity Threads – Morganton, NC

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

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