Employee ownership can be a business retention strategy in under-invested communities. These co-ops retain jobs and anchor businesses in communities. Read more about worker-owned co-op conversions in the Winter Issue of the Cooperative Business Journal.
Worker-ownership is one of the topics we will explore at our upcoming Appalachia Cooperates Initiative meeting on Friday, March 22 at the West Virginia State University Economic Development Center, 1506 Kanawha Blvd. West, Charleston, WV. Registration is $25 and includes lunch.
Learn from practitioners growing co-op culture in Appalachia.
- Dr. J. Todd Nesbitt, Lock Haven University, will share “A Case for Economic Distributism in West Virginia.”
- Leslie Schaller, Casa Nueva, will discuss “Building a Worker-Owned Business in Central Appalachia.”
- Ursulette Huntley and Gail Patton, Unlimited Future, will share “Catalyzing a Community Owned Business.”
- Join discussions about growing co-ops in our region and creating the Appalachia Cooperates Initiative.
- Learn about worker-owned co-ops across the globe with a lunchtime showing of the film Shift Change.
Register at go.osu.edu/appalachiacooperates