Cascade Cooperatives

A Network of Cooperative Businesses in Whatcom and Skagit Counties

Category: Co-ops 101

  • Co-op Month 2026

    Stay tuned for updates about our annual October Co-op Month event!

  • Regional PNW Coop Networks Convergence

    In early August, representatives from co-ops across the Pacific Northwest region convened in Olympia to discuss the formation of a regional co-op network to provide mutual support for the cooperative movement. In addition to representatives from Cascade Cooperatives, attendees included representatives from Olympic Cooperative Network (Jefferson, Clallam, and Kitsap counties), CoSound (Thurston county), Oregon New Economy Project and SympbiOp (Portland), and Spokane Workers Cooperative.…

  • Exploring and Learning From Bay Area Cooperative Culture

    Exploring and Learning From Bay Area Cooperative Culture

    (from left) Ricardo Samir Nuñez, Laura Smoot, and Foresta Sieck-Hill, all of SELC, and Andrew Babson of Cascade Cooperatives take a break for a photo in the SELC office in Oakland, California. By Andrew Babson, Cascade Cooperatives Steering Committee Member Earlier this year, before the onset of COVID in the U.S., my friend and fellow cooperative…