Friday Film Fest Episode 3
This week, we visit New Hampshire and a Resident Owned Community. In these communities, the residents generally own their manufactured home and the co-operative owns the land and infrastructure. You can learn more about our Resident Owned Community program at ROC Northwest.
Responding to Charlottesville
The Northwest Cooperative Development Center endorses and supports this statement by our network support organization. The cooperative values of solidarity, equality, and equity call upon all of us in the cooperative community to stand on the side of humanity opposing the forces of hate and white supremacy. To quote the spiritual founder of the Mondragon […]
Friday Film Fest Episode 2
This week we stop in Mississippi to hear a discussion about the power of worker ownership to change the direction in cycles of poverty.
Twisted Strait: Building a Fiber Community
“Building a Fiber Community One Fleece at a Time”, the slogan for Twisted Strait Fibers, sums up the efforts of a currently small group of fiber producers on the Olympic Peninsula. They began their membership campaign in the Spring of 2017 and continue looking for members while also creating member benefits. They have also begun […]
Friday Film Fest Episode 1
Welcome to our new Friday Film Fest series. Each week, we will present a short video about co-operatives from around the world. This week we journey to Italy to learn about the social co-ops.
2016 Annual Report Available
Our 2016 Annual report is ready to reed! [gview file=”http://nwcdc.coop/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/NWCDC-annual-report-final-2016.pdf”] http://nwcdc.coop/news/annual-report/
NCBA CLUSA defends co-ops, responds to Trump Administration’s Budget Blueprint
FROM the NCBA/CLUSA: Earlier today, the Office of Management and Budget released a Budget Blueprint outlining the Trump Administration’s FY2018 Budget. The Blueprint proposes to reduce or eliminate several programs important to developing and supporting the work of cooperatives, both domestically and abroad. Examples include the elimination of discretionary programs at USDA, such as the […]
NWCDC Starts Worker Co-op Academy
“All dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” T. E. Lawrence This year, NWCDC […]
Duvall Riverside Village wins Better Together Grant to fix mailboxes
From the ROC USA press release: “Duvall Riverside Village of Duvall, Wash. DRV will spend $2,500 to install two banks of mailboxes, allowing its 25 households to receive mail in the community for the first time. Residents now must rent P.O. Boxes at the Duvall post office because of regulations prohibiting mail delivery residents in […]
Peninsula Homecare Cooperative
By Deborah Craig, Cooperative Development Specialist Northwest Cooperative Development Center Located in beautiful Port Townsend, WA, Peninsula Homecare Co-op (PHC) is open for business and ready to serve the elders of their community. With 12 experienced caregivers and several clients already on a waiting list, this co-op is ready to go! Where other home care […]
