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Austin Cooperative Nursery School Black
Star Co-op (restaurant & pub) KO.OP Radio 91.7 FM
-- 304 E. 5th • 472-1369 Neighborhood
Co-op (preschool) • 78757 REI
(Recreational
Equipment Inc.) (sporting goods) South
Austin
Children's Cooperative University Co-Op
(college bookstore) Wheatsville
Food Co-op (natural foods store)
Austin
Art
Co-op (women artists) Ecology
Action (recycling center) 9th St. @ IH-35 New Music Co-op (performance) Monkeywrench Books (radical bookstore) Yard
to Market (farming)
National Co-op Bank. Provides banking services and loans to cooperative businesses and housing co-ops. Co-op America. Provides the economic strategies, organizing power and practical tools for businesses and individuals to address today's social and environmental problems. More cooperatives can
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Last Update: January 2019 What is a co-op?A co-op is a business owned by its customers or its workers. Co-ops started in the 1840's in England as a way for people to save money: members pooled their money and bought food in quantity which got them a volume discount. And the fact that they didn't need to make a profit also helped to keep costs low. Besides saving money, co-ops are attractive to people who like the idea of a business being owned and managed by its members. During the Depression college students started housing co-ops to live in while going to school. These were large houses of twenty or so rooms. The students saved money by sharing the cooking and cleaning rather than paying maids and cooks. They also enjoyed the built-in community, and the idea of all working together. (more about co-ops...) Here's help for how to finance a new co-op.
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