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Explore the latest stories, insights, and resources from the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center (RMEOC). Our blog highlights how employee ownership, worker cooperatives, and shared equity models are transforming Colorado’s economy. Learn from local business leaders, discover cooperative success stories, and stay updated on policies that support inclusive, community-driven business ownership.

A group of caregivers and elders sharing a laugh in a cozy living room, symbolizing community-based social care through cooperatives.

Social co-ops: An innovative solution to our social care crisis?

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July 29, 2025
1:46 pm
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Spring Up’s Flagship Cohort is Open for Applications

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July 19, 2025
3:09 pm
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Two smiling young women enjoying craft beer indoors, wearing graphic hoodies and holding glasses from Colorado breweries, including Steamworks Brewing Co.

Steamworks Brewing Company

Jennalie Burroughs
July 9, 2025
11:32 am
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Where Values Meet Capital: Spring Up’s Journey with Non-Extractive Financing

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May 21, 2025
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Denver Metro Home Care Cooperative flyer: caregiver with elderly woman, QR code, headline 'Seeking Founding Members', bullets for better pay, voice, apply

Denver Metro Home Care Cooperative is looking for founding members

Erika Iacono
May 20, 2025
11:31 am
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New program helps business owners looking to exit sell to employees

Minsun Ji
April 23, 2025
1:23 pm
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The Practice and Promise of Social Cooperatives

Elias Crim
April 7, 2025
11:10 am
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Trident Booksellers & Café storefront at sunset with orange clouds

Trident Booksellers & Café

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March 4, 2025
10:36 pm
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Why Join a Community of Practice?

Elias Crim
August 6, 2024
12:58 pm
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Cover image: Social Coop Notebook Issue #1 led by Elias Crim, Read Now button

Social Co-op Notebook: Issue #1

Elias Crim
April 2, 2024
3:26 pm
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Mother blackbird feeding nest of hungry chicks on tree branch

How US Social Cooperative Laws Could Accelerate Co-op Development

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March 27, 2024
9:54 pm
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Empowered Energy Systems team group photo of five smiling employees

Employee Ownership Glory Story: Empowered Energy Systems

Erika Iacono
July 10, 2023
7:29 pm
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Cluster of oyster mushrooms growing on substrate at Sand Dunes Mushroom Cooperative

A Worker Ownership Solution for Colorado’s Failed Mushroom Farm

Minsun Ji
January 31, 2023
3:29 pm
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Collage showing lively brewery interior and street view of Colfax Avenue Denver

Two Faces of Colfax

Minsun Ji
December 12, 2022
7:37 pm
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How one ESOP spreads the wealth to other ESOPs – A Conversation with Fawn from Prairie Capital Advisors

Larry Dunn
July 29, 2022
6:53 pm
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A Message from Minsun Ji, RMEOC’s New Executive Director

Minsun Ji
April 19, 2022
12:39 pm
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