Thanks, Bill, for bringing this up! I am a member of an infant cooperative housing adventure in the Kingfield neighborhood.
We are recycling a 37,000 square-foot building that stood empty for two or three years. Now we (the Nicollet Cooperative Association) own the building. We have 28 apartments and common space as well. Cooperative living enhances community and neighborhood. We all work together for the common good. We meet together regularly to discuss and to do things -- from gardening, composting, vermiculture, budgeting, greenroofing, solar power -- you name it, we are doing it or planning to do it. The Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund is a Minneapolis-based cooperative financing organization. They have good information on their website: http://ncdf.coop/ The staff at NCDF is a great resource as well. They have experience financing food cooperatives, worker cooperatives, agriculture and housing cooperatives. We have a couple of openings here at NCA. If you or someone you know would like to learn more about this, please contact me off-list. I encourage folks to check out the NCDF site as well. NCDF is a superb Minneapolis organization, committed to the principles of cooperation and economic democracy. We can be proud to have them here. -- Gary Hoover -- Kingfield REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
