California’s North Coast SBDC partners with Project Equity to prepare for boom in employee ownership
Small Business Development Centers across the United States are about to be part of a boom in employee ownership.
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Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program interviews Alison Lingane
Alison Lingane, Project Equity co-founder, was interviewed and profiled on the Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program website, as part of the cohort of Job Quality Fellows for their Economic Opportunities Program (EOP) Class of 2018-19.
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Project Equity welcomes Coro Fellow, Eric Medrano
Eric Medrano is a Fellow in Public Affairs at Coro Northern California, with a passion for social impact in mid- to low-income communities. He spent four weeks with Project Equity to research an expansion strategy using employee ownership as a way to help low-income communities.
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Berkeley supports employee ownership
On February 26th, 2019, The Berkeley City Council adopted a set of recommendations provided by the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC), based on significant input from Berkeley worker cooperatives, organizations that support worker cooperatives (including Project Equity) and city staff.
2019 Government Equity Summit
Project Equity & Nexus Community Partners hosted the Government Equity Summit in San Francisco, California, with a focus on advancing equity, retaining assets and supporting legacy businesses and to promote and support small business retention through employee ownership conversions.
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.
Recent employee ownership events and conferences
Urban Manufacturing Alliance The Urban Manufacturing Alliance 2018 Gathering was held in Pittsburgh and focused on Building Coalitions to Create Equitable Manufacturing Ecosystems. Patty Viáfara, Project Equity’s Client Services Manager, pictured right with Rasheed Aziz, from CitywideYouth Development in Baltimore, was invited to highlight our work with cities to help them identify and mitigate the
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How baby boomer retirement can unlock a massive wealth transfer
“Employee ownership is both a profound and a simple business model in which business decisions are made through the lens of what is good for their employees and by extension, their families and their communities. It creates true pathways to opportunity and quality jobs.”
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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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Retirement readiness: Do you understand your succession options?
If you’re getting ready to retire, you should know all your succession options before committing to one. The most important step is having a plan regardless of which one you choose.
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