An update from A1BuildDesign Local worker-owner, Patrick Martin of A1DesignBuild, a Cascades Cooperatives member, was selected for the 2022 – 2023 Worker Ownership State Advocacy Fellowship (WOSA)! WOSA is a program of the U.S. Federation of Worker Co-ops, a national member organization supporting worker cooperatives. The Worker Ownership State Advocacy Fellowship (WOSA) is designed to equip…
A Cascades Cooperative Member Back in February, Bellingham Bay Builders called for submissions for projects submitted on behalf of someone in their life, or a space in the community, that suffered an economic hardship. From those submissions, the Ferndale Food Bank came to BBB with a request to help them increase their ability to service…
Cascade Cooperatives is excited to welcome our newest member: Cascadia Deaf Nation! Founded in February 2016, Cascadia Deaf Nation (CDN) is a social cooperative built on a hybrid model created for and by members of the BIPOC Deaf (BIPOCD*) community. CDN offers services and support for those who are identified as BIPOC Deaf, Hard of…
A Cascades Cooperative Member By Kris Buettner, Circle of Life Administrator Circle of Life Caregiver Cooperative (COL) is CELEBRATING our 15th Co-op Anniversary and we have just been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, which is our third year in a row and the final…
Squash are thriving in the new greenhouse at Cooperativa Tierra y Libertad Cooperativa Tierra y Libertad: A Cascades Cooperative Member By Sascha Fischel-FreemanCooperative Development Coordinator | Community to Community Development It’s been a busy Spring for farmworker member owners at Cooperativa Tierra y Libertad. The last year brought many challenges for the co-op, for example, last…
A Cascades Cooperative Member Continuing in the tradition of highlighting a different local cooperative in our newsletters, this month we shine the light on Washington’s newest homecare co-op, Heartsong Homecare Cooperative. Heartsong opened for business on September 1, 2021, as a licensed homecare agency serving Skagit and Island counties. This co-op is made up of…
Behind the scenes, Cascade Cooperatives has been accomplishing some big things.1. We incorporated! Earlier this year we officially incorporated as a secondary cooperative, which is a cooperative formed to serve our local cooperative community!2. We voted to expand membership to include Skagit County cooperatives!3. We hosted an all-member annual meeting in April and formed a committee…
New Certification for Maggie Batessubmitted by Patrick Martin, A1DesignBuild A1DesignBuild is a learning company. We are committed to both professional and collective education about our craft. Maggie Bates, our Design Team Leader recently completed the Sustainable Homes Professional training program with the BetterBuiltNW and Earth Advantage programs. She was then invited to present her recent design project…The Cable Street…
By Patrick Martin, A1DesignBuild General Manager Reimagining what could be is on the minds of many right now, and here at A1 it’s no different. Amid the punctuations of fear, hope, anguish and uncertainty brought on by simultaneous health, economic and social crises, our worker-owned cooperative has forged ahead with the business of making a new name…
By Kris Buettner, Administrator, Circle of Life Caregiver Cooperative The weeks since our initial efforts to purchase hard-to-locate additional personal safety equipment for our home care cooperative have swirled together. Daily, I am confronted with another layer of my limited ability to comprehend the immeasurable impacts of COVID-19 on our community and the world. I…
