Sustainergy has a "Winter is Coming" pre-season special: Free home energy assessment and instant $200 discount off energy efficiency upgrades. Just call (513) 647-6695 to schedule your assessment between now and 12/31/23.
Queen City Commons has a new Community Drop-Off Bin at Unity Christian Church in Hartwell/Wyoming. QCC composted more than 3,700 pounds of pumpkins with Hyde Park School this November, and they have some new customers: Christ Church Cathedral, Cafe Alma, the Kinetic Vision office building, and Wildweed Pasta.
Our Harvest, the oldest co-op in our network, has a membership program for those who want to support access to healthy, local food in a way that honors land and labor. The program offers unique access and content, from farm events to educational opportunities! Learn more at ourharvest.coop/cultivators!
Cincy Cleaning Co-op is looking for new customers! Want to have a healthy, clean home with less stress in your life? Give them a call! Also, they're hiring a part-time Administrative Assistant!
Renting Partnerships recently threw an open house at 6037 Cary Avenue, a renovated duplex with rents well below market rates. RP's next development project is a multifamily building in Avondale with 8 total units: 2 one-bedroom units, 2 two-bedroom units, and 4 three-bedroom units. Want to learn more? Get in touch!!
Massage 4 the People has gifts card available on their website! And, as always, they encourage you to fill out an online survey, which entitles you to a $45 credit!
Showing of Works for All
On Dec. 8, the Union Co-op Council and Moving Images held a special virtual screening of Works for All, a 30-minute documentary about Cincinnati's co-op economy.
The event, streamed on Zoom, included a post-screening discussion with film director Melissa Young, our Co-Director Ellen Vera, and others featured in the film.
Works for All portrays the cooperatives in Co-op Cincy’s network, which are led by people marginalized from the mainstream economy, and Co-op Cincy’s approach to training and ongoing support.
The documentary was made by Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young, who made the earlier documentary Shift Change about democratic workplaces.
Some praise of the film:
"Co-op Cincy has been plowing new ground, both literally and figuratively, sowing the seeds for a better future since 2011, and Works for All gives us first-person accounts about the power of worker-ownership from these workers themselves."
-Rob Witherell, United Steelworkers
“As a film about co-ops, this one is a must see. It is unique and important in that it highlights both the role that unions have played in supporting co-op development, and it looks at the context of building co-ops in struggling communities, where many of those involved are people of color.”
-Emily Kawano, Wellspring Cooperative
Co-op U Manual Now Available!
Our Co-op U Manual is now available!
You can buy a print version on our website!
The Co-op U Manual is a practical guide to helping build cooperatively owned businesses that we developed for our Co-op U course.
Written by our Co-Director Kristen Barker and Racial Justice Educator and Co-op Developer Cynthia Pinchback-Hines, the Manual includes exercises, tools, resources, and more!
See coopcincy.org/resources!
Apply by Dec. 15 for Power in Numbers!
Our co-op business boot camp for Black-led teams starts Jan. 16! Applications are due by Dec. 15!
The free, 14-week course helps Black-led teams of entrepreneurs work through the process of launching a cooperative business and build wealth for the long term.
We support participants in the process and offer technical assistance and loan access after they launch their co-op business.
Know someone who might be interested? Share our info.
Movement News
From Shareable, a story about how Etsy sellers came together and created a cooperative marketplace!
More businesses are transitioning to the cooperative model!
From Capitol Hill Seattle Blog: “After more than a decade of providing walk-in veterinary care to Capitol Hill, Urban Animal will be transitioning to a co-op business model.”
From the Portland Press Herald: “O’Donal’s Nursery of Scarborough has entered a fresh chapter in its long history, becoming a worker-owned cooperative.”
