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Check out our Holiday Shopping Guide
We’ve updated our gift guide with some more Oregon co-ops for your shopping needs! Visit our Gift Guide for cooperative options!
Shopping Guide
Keep your gifts local this year! As we enter the holiday season, support your local community by finding wonderful gifts from the co-ops in your region! We have a page to help you find some great options in the Pacific Northwest and our colleagues at the US Federation of Worker Co-ops have a similar page […]
Update: Oly Co-op Academy Info Session Recording Available
Did you miss the two information sessions on the Olympia Co-op Conversion Academy? We now have a recording on our website! Visit to learn more about the academy and register now! https://nwcdc.coop/oly2022/
Domains.Coop: The Co-op Space on the Web
Get a free year on a new .coop domain if you register before December 15th!
September’s Newsletter
Our September newsletter is out. . . our new Olympia academy, funding from GHC Foundation, a series on Native Cooperative Ownership, an opportunity to convert a farm into a co-op, and a report from the Cascade ROC Conference. #cooperatives #ROCs #Olympia #CoopsBuildBackBetter
Kawamoto Farm Purchase – Request for Proposals
Kawamoto Farm Purchase – Request for Proposals Jefferson LandWorks Collaborative is seeking qualified farmer(s) or cooperative to purchase the historic Kawamoto Farm and house for active agricultural use. Jefferson LandWorks Collaborative is a network of organizations in Jefferson County, WA whose mission is to keep working lands viable. This includes farmland and forestland. The historic Japanese-American Kawamoto Farm in Quilcene, WA will be for sale at an affordable agricultural price and […]
Welcome Sam Carlson to NWCDC
NWCDC is sponsoring an AmeriCorp VISTA volunteer this year and we are happy to introduce Sam Carlson to our co-op community! Sam graduated from Portland State University in 2021 with a B.A. in Community Development. At NWCDC, the scope of his work includes developing a model for converting privately-owned multifamily properties into resident-owned cooperatives, supporting […]
Small Business Administration streamlining forgiveness for PPP loans below $150,000
From NCBA/CLUSA: This week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a streamlined forgiveness process for loans of $150,00 or less, which account for more than 90 percent of all Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans made. SBA has opened a portal for small-dollar borrowers to directly apply for streamlined forgiveness in a pilot stage. This […]
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