One of the most enjoyable parts of Project Equity’s work is visiting our regional partners and championing the national expansion of employee ownership conversions. This November we had the opportunity to join The Industrial Commons in Western North Carolina for a Worker Ownership Action Institute Day at the Isothermal Performing Arts Center. We engaged with a myriad […]
We work across the country with innovative business networks, including chambers of commerce, industry associations and local first groups, to help their members with succession planning. Our most recent partnerships are with two important purchasing cooperatives. These associations help businesses remain independently-owned by consolidating buying power to “compete against the big guys.” We are honored
Project Equity is thrilled to welcome our newest Outreach Partner, the Center for Community-Based Enterprise (C2BE), a nonprofit based in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 2007, C2BE creates living-wage jobs through worker ownership, especially among people in historically underserved communities. Our partnership focuses on highlighting the opportunity for conversions of privately-held businesses to employee ownership in the
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We recently spent some quality time in the Twin Cities with Nexus Community Partners. We were honored to deliver a day of training on worker coop conversions and coop member education to an amazing group of local leaders who are learning about coop development through Nexus’ Culturally-Based Cooperative Development cohort. While we were there, Nexus
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Nationally, employee-owners’ median household wealth is 92% higher than average, they receive 33% more income from wages, and their job tenure is over 50% longer
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At this summer’s Economic Security Summit, Project Equity’s Co-founder, Hilary Abell represented our successes in connecting work and wealth through employee ownership. Our partners at The Industrial Commons were highlighted at The Aspen Ideas Festival
As communities across the nation help business owners plan for succession, they realize the tremendous power employee ownership has to keep their companies locally-rooted. This summer Project Equity’s Co-founder, Hilary Abell, visited Communities Unlimited (CU) in Little Rock, Arkansas
This summer, Project Equity helped the employees complete their purchase of Niles Pie Comany, a growing bakery and cafe in Union City, CA. On August 12th Niles Pie threw their community a big party, and the turnout was fantastic.
This year we celebrated our third anniversary and launched a new website loaded with powerful resources. Our recent media blitz has significantly increased interest in employee ownership and client engagements. Here are some of the stellar people behind this work. This summer we added two brilliant summer interns, Hans Falck (left) and Lola Liu (right) pictured above with Patty Viáfara, our Client Services Manager. Hans graduates
In the summer of 2017, Project Equity helped employees purchase Niles Pie, a bakery and cafe in Union City, CA and A Slice of New York, a pizza restaurant with locations in San Jose and Sunnyvale. Each owner (Kirk Vartan pictured above left and Carolyn Berke, right) are staying on and joining the new worker-owners in each
