About this Event
This is a celebration of all things co-op. Explore the power of cooperative business and putting people first. Meet over 20 local co-op businesses from food and housing, to banking and energy, and beyond - co-ops are for the community, by the community.
Put your values to work -- choose co-ops!
Did you know that co-ops come in all shapes and sizes? Co-ops are member-owned businesses covering everything from grocery and housing co-ops, credit unions, worker-owned cafes, to dairy, rural electric, and purchasing co-ops. Minnesota has more cooperatives than anywhere else in the country and this cooperative fabric contributes to our community’s strength and resiliency.
Co-ops turn everyday economic activity into shared opportunity—creating businesses where people have a voice, communities have a stake, and the benefits stay close to home.
Event perks & activities:
- First 150 people to register get a free drink ticket when they arrive (good for a beer or NA option)
- Meet co-ops in our community and enjoy free snacks, coupons, and swag from each
- Play bingo by visiting each table and win fabulous prizes!
- Participate in a cooperative art project
- Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative is kid-friendly and also has a food truck on site
This gathering is designed for those who:
- Are new to co-ops or co-op curious
- Want to align spending with values
- Increase participation in community
- Wish to learn about ethical wealth building opportunities
- Want to have a bigger say in what happens around you
Co-hosted by: , , , Twin Cities Grocery Cooperatives (, , , and , Minnesota Coalition of Community Owned Real Estate and
Participating Co-ops:
- Seward Community Co-op
- Rivers Co-op Markets
- Wedge Community Co-ops
- Eastside Food Co-op
- Arise Community Credit Union
- St. Paul Federal Credit Union
- Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union
- Riverton Community Housing
- Students Cooperative
- Joint REICO table
- The Brass Strap
- Cooperative Energy Futures
- Summer Kitchen Cooperative
- Minnesota Climbing Co-op
- Terra Firma
- Minnesota Translator and Interpreter Cooperative
- Happy Earth Cooperative
- Cooperative Development Services
- CoMinnesota
- Minnesota Consortium of Community Developers
- MC-CORE
- Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative
- Minnesota Credit Union Network
- Shared Capital Cooperative
Event venue & nearby stays
Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative, 1712 Marshall Street Northeast, Minneapolis, United States
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