Conceived in 2009 and tested in 2010, Hotel du Nord is a heritage co-operative officially founded in January 2011. To bring cultural heritage and hospitality together, Hotel du Nord follows a simple principle: we sell what we produce, we produce what we sell, all in the interests of those living in the neighborhoods where we […]
Développement international Desjardins (DID)
Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in Canada. For more than 40 years, its component Développement international Desjardins (DID) has been working with developing and emerging countries towards the goal of sharing the expertise and experience of Desjardins and helping local communities set up their own financial cooperative networks. DID’s goal is to […]
Clockwise Credit Union
“Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but those who gather little by little will increase it.” Proverbs 13:11 It was 1989 and Great Britain was still pulling itself out of the global stockmarket rout of 1987 and consequent financial adversity. For the Highfields Parish, the answer came with the appointment of a new parish priest, Father […]
Clockwise Credit Union
Clockwise is a friendly financial co-operative committed to providing a wide range of safe and ethical services to include current accounts, flexible savings and affordable loans to people who live and work in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. As a not for profit organisation money saved is reinvested in the local community and as an ethical […]
Summit Credit Union We Do More Together
Summit Credit Union (Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin), like all cooperatives, was born of the idea that by pooling resources, members could accomplish amazing things that would be nearly impossible to do on their own. Every day our combined resources finance our members dreams, each one of them a story in itself. Our funds are put […]
Legends Park: A Community Revitalized
In 1938, the Memphis Housing Authority opened a public housing facility named Dixie Homes. Because so many renowned African Americans lived there, the area came to be known as Legends Park. These residents included Shelby County Commissioner J.W. Gibson, musician Alfred Rudd, and the Washington Posts first African-American editor, Dorothy Butler Gilliam. Over the years, […]
Fueling Companies That Fuel the Delta
The Delta’s crying need can be summarized in one word: jobs. As a commercial lender, HOPE seeks to work with businesses that have the potential to generate jobs in this economically distressed region-businesses like Delta Fuel. Headquartered in Ferriday, Louisiana, Delta Fuel is a minority-owned wholesale fuel and oil distributor. The company distributes bulk fuel […]
Summit Credit Union
Established in 1935, Summit Credit Union is a member-owned financial cooperative open to anyone in Wisconsin. At Summit Credit Union, we don’t sell products, we build relationships. Members can trust that we’ll provide honest advice and real solutions. Helping members secure a bright financial future is our only goal. We continually look for opportunities to […]
HOPE (Hope Enterprise Corporation/Hope Credit Union)
HOPE (Hope Enterprise Corporation/Hope Credit Union) is a financial institution, community development intermediary and policy center that provides affordable financial services; leverages private, public and philanthropic resources; and engages in policy analysis in order to fulfill its mission of strengthening communities, building assets, and improving lives in economically distressed parts of the Mid South. Since […]
Valley Natural Foods
Valley Natural Foods is a community-owned cooperative retailing organic, natural and local food and wellness products since 1977. In 2009 we opened up a dedicated gluten-free bakehouse to serve our store, other cooperatives and retailers in the greater Twin Cities area of Minnesota. This expansion was in response to a growing need within our community […]