@coloradocoops

A community space in which peers in the Colorado co-op movement come together.

 Colorado, USA
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Joined February 2017
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Nathan Schneider@ntnsndr18 May 2023
It's time again: We're now accepting apps from co-op startups for the next cohort of the @start_coop accelerator! Are you building a co-op: - to reshape a sector w/ economic justice - to close racial wealth gaps - to unlock radical imaginations Apply: start.coop/accelerator/apply

Apply | Join the Cohort Now — Start.coop

Apply for Start.coop's Fall 2023 accelerator program designed for cooperative businesses seeking growth in the US and Canada. Submit by June 21, 2023.

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Nathan Schneider@ntnsndr9 Jan 2023
Boulder friends, a unique opportunity to have lunch with activist legend George Lakey: calendar.colorado.edu/event/… Join us!

Lunch with veteran activist George Lakey

George Lakey has been a leader and trainer in major social movements since the 1950s—civil rights, anti-war, anti-nuclear, gay rights, climate justice, and more. He has taught generations of leading...

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Rural Power Now@RuralpowerNow14 Sep 2022
The IRA also includes $9.7 billion for a U.S. Department of Agriculture program that will offer grants and forgivable loans to rural electric co-ops pursuing climate-friendly power projects. Great new piece on the #IRA by @lissaharris in the @timesunion. timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/…

Rural electric co-ops see new opportunity in IRA

A provision in the federal bill would allow co-ops, which operate as nonprofits, to take...

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The Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center is seeking a new executive director: rmeoc.org/get-involved-rmeoc… This is a critical leadership role in our regional co-op/EO community.
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Nathan Schneider@ntnsndr31 Jan 2022
I'm thrilled to announce the publication of a new OPEN ACCESS article with Júlia Martins Rodrigues: Scaling Co-operatives Through a Multi-Stakeholder Network: A Case Study in the Colorado Solar Energy Industry jeodonline.com/jeod_articles… A few remarks:
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Nathan Schneider@ntnsndr10 Sep 2021
Learn about what could be a sea change in cooperative financing. Introducing the Capital for Cooperatives Act - free webinar on 9/20 colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2021…

Introducing the Capital for Cooperatives Act

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Introducing the Capital for Cooperatives Act A free webinar on Sept. 20 explaining the potential of @Hickenlooper's historic bill in the US Senate, featuring @ldp7744 @dobrien_coop @ccwbdenver @RMFUnion Register now: colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2021…
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When you and your friends organize, don't start from scratch. Order your free copies of COMMUNITY RULES a new 44-page pamphlet on basic structures for organizing from MEDLab: colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2021… Offer ends Thursday!
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Nathan Schneider@ntnsndr2 Jun 2021
Tomorrow, learn how the future of local news is being made in Colorado: colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2021… Featuring @co_mediaproject @ColoradoSun @the_ntln

How 24 Colorado Newspapers Are Staying Locally Owned

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The future of the news business is being made in Colorado. Next week, join us for a webinar to learn how we're doing it: colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2021… Hint: Journalists are in charge.

How 24 Colorado Newspapers Are Staying Locally Owned

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Nathan Schneider@ntnsndr20 May 2021
Once again, Colorado is leading the way to the new economy. Wanna come along? [thread] Our own @SenatorHick is introducing the Capital for Cooperatives Act, which will finally enable cooperatives to access SBA loans: cpr.org/2021/05/20/hickenloo…

Hickenlooper Knows How Hard It Is To Get A Loan For A New Business. His First Bills As A Senator...

If passed, they would make it easier for women and Black, Latino or Native American people to become investment managers, and other measures for small businesses to secure loans.

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This Thursday! Mutualist Infrastructure: A Conversation with @Sara_Horowitz We will explore strategies for bringing the mutualist tradition of unions, cooperatives, and more from the margins into the center of economic policy-making. Register now: colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2021…

Mutualist Infrastructure: A Conversation with Sara Horowitz

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CO Co-opsStudyCircle retweeted
Nathan Schneider@ntnsndr12 May 2021
This was a phenomenal panel of real-world startups using community ownership to solve real problems. Don't miss it.
Media Economies Design Lab@MEDLabBoulder12 May 2021
The recording from today's fabulous @boulderstartup session on #ExitToCommunity is now up: colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2021… Thanks for sharing your stories, @linhsmooke @KyleSchmolze!

Exit to Community: Two Startup Journeys to User-Ownership

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Nathan Schneider@ntnsndr26 Apr 2021
A radical vision for cooperative cooperation disguised as a draft of a dry case study on @NamasteSolar @AmicusSolar etc. "Scaling Co-operatives Through a Multi-stakeholder Network: A Case Study in the Colorado Solar Energy Industry" ntnsndr.in/NamasteNetwork Feedback please!
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Upcoming event: a presentation, conversation, and Q&A about launching a worker-owned workforce cooperative designed to support local producers and processors across Colorado—from @RMFU us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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Nathan Schneider@ntnsndr23 Mar 2021
Cooperators: You might want to know that there is an office of @ElevationsCU credit union very near where yesterday's attack in Boulder occurred. Let's please show the employees there the co-op movement's support. @NCBACLUSA @icacoop @CUNA
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Register now for our 2/26 FREE & OPEN webinar on whether this crazy crypto stuff can be of any use for deep community ownership. "#ExitToCommunity: Emerging Crypto" colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2021… Featuring @BLR13 @fairmint @tryrollhq @jwpcPBC

Exit to Community: Emerging Crypto

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Nathan Schneider@ntnsndr8 Feb 2021
"The Colorado Cooperative Company was a socialist-based ditch company organized in Denver with the intent of establishing a colony for its members." montrosepress.com/news/color…

Colorado Cooperative founds town of Nucla

Editor’s Note: This is the ninth installment in a 17-part series looking at 125 years of history in Montrose County.

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Nathan Schneider@ntnsndr23 Jul 2020
The current crisis needs cooperatives. What policy strategies do they need to be ready for it? Really looking forward to discussing this next week with @WorkerCoop @HazelTCorcoran: eventbrite.ca/e/webinar-nath… Please join us!

Webinar: Nathan Schneider on "A Shared Strategy for Shared Ownership"

Learn how the economic crisis Covid-19 has created makes having a visionary strategy essential.

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Nathan Schneider@ntnsndr16 Jul 2020
Wow, this is haunting: A photo of a cooperative store in a Colorado "relocation center" during World War II: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F…

File:Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. A counter in the cooperative dry goods store. -...

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