Friday In-Person Event: Formation and Financing of Cooperatives for Maine’s Businesses

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Common Ground Fair Friday, Sep. 23 - Sunday, Sep. 25 in Unity, ME

Make sure you join the Cooperative Maine Business Alliance talk at the Fair this year! 👇 TOPIC: Formation and Financing of Cooperatives for Maine’s Businesses TIME: Fri, Sep 23, 2022 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM LOCATION: Social and Political Action Speakers Tent MODERATORS: Chris Linder, CFNE and Rob Brown, CDI GUESTS: Tootie’s Tempeh, Liberty Graphics, and Diggers Cooperative DESCRIPTION: Any business; including farms; food processors; and grocery stores; can be a democratically-owned and controlled cooperative; owned by its employees; customers; or suppliers. Maine business owners who are considering retirement especially can sell to their workers; and there are resources; financing and successful examples of worker ownership transitions to support them in the process. Hear from the Cooperative Development Institute; the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast as well as owners and workers about how cooperative formation works; how it can be financed; and how cooperatives can make Maine's economy more just; sustainable; and prosperous.

See you there!

Emmy Andersson

CMBA Network Coordinator

Cooperative Maine Business Alliance

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