Nice article on the transition of a #Vermont winery to a #workercoop that our organization provided support to through the process. https://www.commonsnews.org/issue/827/827winery_transition

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We've set the date for our annual Vermont #EmployeeOwnership Conference! This is our biggest outreach and education event of the year, drawing more than 200 professionals, #EmployeeOwners, and business owners from around #Vermont and beyond.

The conference is Thursday, June 1, at UVM's Davis Center in Burlington.

RSVP: https://veoc.org/21st-annual-vermont-employee-ownership-conference

#VT #ESOPs #cooperatives #Coops
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Just saw the news that #GardenersSupply founder #WillRaap recently passed away at 73. Gardener's is definitely one of Vermont's "flagship" #EmployeeOwned companies, and Will started the process very early in the company's life.

To get a taste of Will's early involvedment in #EmployeeOwnership check out this video of Will speaking at the "Progressive Entrepreneurship Forum" organized by then #BTV Mayor #BernieSanders in 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTpmcJCAGn8

#ESOP #Vermont #VT #VTBiz

Nice article in the local #Brattleboro paper on the architecture firm that converted to a #workercoop in September with my organization's assistance: https://www.reformer.com/business/our-succession-plan-austin-design-carries-on-in-employees-hands/article_d9c8b1d0-4fe7-11ed-8b9d-67f9bc00456e.html

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The Association of #Vermont #CreditUnions is devoting their podcast this #CoopMonth to highlighting other #coop sectors, and had me on for the first one to talk #WorkerCoops and #EmployeeOwnership: https://soundcloud.com/vtcreditunions/whats-an-employee-owned-co-op

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17th Annual Vermont Employee Ownership Conference is put to bed.

Biggest ever, and I am le tired.

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If you're in #Vermont and free tonight, the #Vt Solidarity Investing Club will be meeting from 7-8:30pm at the (recently converted #workercoop) #NuttyStephs shop in #MiddlesexVT.

Also, we're a bit more than a month out from the 17th annual Vermont #EmployeeOwnership Conference in #BTV, which is June 12. We've got a good #WorkerCoops track shaping up; register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-vermont-employee-ownership-conference-tickets-59921128709 If the price is out of reach, HMU, as we do have some discounts... :)

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Text of his remarks: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-promotes-employee-ownership-as-alternative-to-greedy-corporations

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If you are free June 8th and want to learn about #WorkerCoops, come the #Vermont #EmployeeOwnership Conference! If you're interested in attending but the ticket price is a barrier, DM me and I can hook up discounts... :)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-vermont-employee-ownership-conference-tickets-44607255502

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Congrats to @dmokreis on his just-announced election to the Hanover #ConsumerCooperative Society's board of directors! It was an 8-way race for four seats, so it could of gone any number of ways, but glad to have a solid #coop movement advocate in that perch... :)

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