Work for the Common Good

Rebuilding a diverse working class based on locally-rooted wealth.

We jumpstart community-owned cooperatives and transform our community.

Informed by our own experiences as leaders from the factory floor, we develop community-owned manufacturing enterprises and programs that address business resiliency, worker agency, and environmental issues.

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Our Work

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Business Development

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Network Development

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Community Engagement

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Workforce Development

Since 2015, we’ve sparked economic change, impacting our community and beyond:

4,453

Workers
Trained

38.16

Acres in
Development

$64M

Assets + Revenue Generated

452

Businesses
Supported

The Innovation Campus

Revitalizing a 27.87-acre brownfield, we are transforming a forgotten factory site into an hub for visionary enterprises and creative collaboration.

This project aims to propel small to mid-sized textile and furniture firms into a new era of growth and collaboration. The initial development phase features two key buildings: one for versatile manufacturing, training, and incubation; the other, a central business support hub, designed to amplify collaboration with partners across the region.

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