Concerns over business closures reignite interest in employee ownership among Massachusetts lawmakers
Continue ReadingCities and states accelerating employee ownership
Berkeley, CA: Early Investor in Employee Ownership Conversions
City’s partnership with Project Equity aims to address wave of business closures.
Continue ReadingEastern Kentucky Launches Employee Ownership Training
Retiring business owners target for employee ownership conversions.
Continue ReadingColorado Leads States in Preparing to Scale Employee Ownership
New executive office on employee ownership poised to become model for other states.
Continue ReadingNorthwest Cooperative Development Center Launches Legacy Project
USDA grants fund employee ownership education workshops targeting business advisors.
Continue ReadingChicago Turns to Cooperatives to Improve Opportunity
New Coalition Aims to Raise Awareness and Build Capacity by Karen Kahn Hoda Katebi, an Iranian-American fashion designer, known for her fashion blog JooJoo Azad, has turned her sights to helping immigrant and refugee women by starting a clothing production cooperative in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Blue Tin Production Co-op, says Katebi, will create jobs for […]
Continue ReadingNew Strategies to Grow Employee Ownership
Cities are embracing employee ownership (EO) as an economic development strategy that delivers both growth and equity. To further explore how, why and where, Employee Ownership News has started a new series focused on urban ecosystems. Take a look at our first two stories to see how: ยท Durham, NC, is seeking to maintain the legacy of African-American […]
Continue ReadingMiami Gears Up to Expand Employee Ownership
Local anti-poverty organization, Catalyst Miami, partners with JP Morgan Chase This story, part of our series on cities growing employee ownership, is based an op ed that appeared in the Miami Herald. In 2016, a report from Florida International University recommended employee-owned cooperatives as one of several strategies to stem gentrification and build community wealth in Miami, a […]
Continue ReadingTo Preserve African-American Businesses, Durham, NC, Turns to Employee Ownership
As Black Business Owners Approach Retirement, Succession Planning Lags This story is based on reporting from Next City. Fifty by Fifty is beginning 2019 with a new series exploring city strategies for growing employee ownership. In our first article, we look at how Durham, NC, a city with a strong legacy of African-American entrepreneurial activity, is promoting […]
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