Long Beach Moves Into Phase 2 Of Economic Inclusion Initiative
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Berkeley invests in employee ownership
The City of Berkeley is the first California city to invest city funds to advance employee ownership. Other cities are becoming aware, and Project Equity will be increasing the number of municipal partnerships in the year ahead to address these very issues.
Project Equity joins the board of the California Center for Employee Ownership
Touted as “picking up where Merger and Acquisition firms leave off” employee ownership centers are powerful regional organizations that expand the retirement options for owners of privately-held businesses. We are excited, through our board involvement, to play a role in the growth of the California Center for Employee Ownership and its influence across California. Joining the
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Adams and Chittenden: Mo’s Story
Adams and Chittenden Scientific Glass, a twenty-five-year-old company in Berkeley, CA, is world renowned for manufacturing specialized laboratory glassware. In February 2017, co-founders Tom Adams and George Chittenden brought in Project Equity to assist with their journey to transition company ownership to their employees. Moshe Schandelson has been blowing glass with Tom and George for
For the Love of Glass
Imagine life without glass. From eyewear to iPhones, from environmental remediation to the exploration of Mars, glass is fundamental to modern life, and continues to be a profoundly important material for the advancement of the sciences. Nestled in West Berkeley, CA, (in the area of the city zoned for light manufacturing) is an unassuming industrial building that
Niles Pie: Sarah’s Story
This is an interview with a worker-owner at Niles Pie in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sarah Vegas, who is a single parent to 11-year-old Attison. Due to the irregular hours and pay in her previous restaurant jobs, Sarah struggled to provide and be present for Attison in the way she wanted to be. It
State of the City Address
On March 28th Mayor Lily Mei presented Fremont’s annual State of the City Address and recognized Project Equity for our recent work spotlighting baby boomer business ownership in their thriving manufacturing sector. We performed an analysis for Fremont to quantify the number of manufacturing and supply chain companies that are 20 years or older —
Everyone In: equity and inclusion initiative
Policy Roundtable: Exploring Worker-Owned Cooperatives in Long Beach, CA In April 2017, the City Council in Long Beach, CA adopted a Blueprint for Economic Development, providing every Long Beach resident pathways of opportunity to fully participate in the economic life of its city as employers, entrepreneurs, consumers, and citizens. Alison Lingane, co-founder of Project Equity, presented employee