Blog

•  6/10/2022 03:40 PM

Originally posted on www.foodinnovationneo.org, this article describes the origin story of Cleveland Solar Cooperative, a project Cleveland Owns has incubated since 2020

•  3/28/2022 11:22 AM

Cleveland Owns is recruiting a Summer Intern motivated to challenge racial capitalism by building cooperatively owned enterprises. To apply, submit a resume and cover letter by Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 to info@clevelandowns.coop.

•  3/4/2022 04:34 PM

We kicked off an online conversation series called Let’s Talk Co-op with guest Shane Hinde of Phoenix Coffee, a bona fide Cleveland institution that became employee-owned in late 2020.

•  1/12/2022 05:03 PM

We are happy to introduce you to PowerUp Purchasing Cooperative, a member-owned enterprise that enables nonprofits to pool their purchasing power to shrink their bills and expand their missions!

•  12/17/2021 04:39 PM

What a year. Despite the substantial turmoil facing our community in 2021, we’re proud of what we’ve accomplished this year at Cleveland Owns to build a more democratic economy in our city – and that we’ve had fun doing it :) Here are some highlights.

•  10/28/2021 02:34 PM

We had a blast celebrating community decision making with our neighbors at Participatory Budgeting (PB) In Action last weekend!

•  10/20/2021 10:50 AM

We celebrated our third annual event with friends and co-conspirators at Luke Easter Park Saturday, Oct 16th

•  10/5/2021 10:45 AM

You're invited to join Cleveland Owns for our cooperative scavenger hunt and annual event Saturday, October 16th at Luke Easter Park on MLK and Kinsman!

•  7/23/2021 04:23 PM

This week Cleveland Owns and our partners Greater Cleveland Congregation and CPA took a big step towards founding a purchasing cooperative for houses of worship and other nonprofits when we completed a group purchase of electricity!

•  5/28/2021 02:53 PM

We're proud to be part of a coalition of awesome grassroots groups calling for participatory budgeting in Cleveland.

•  4/27/2021 02:33 PM

Last week we joined our allies at the Energy Democracy Project, a national formation of grassroots energy democracy groups, to present our ideas for federal policy related to energy democracy to Senator Merkley of Oregon and other members of Congress at a briefing.

•  4/20/2021 02:43 PM

It was a pleasure to spend the weekend with some 50 local activists as we explored the principles and practice of energy democracy at the Energy Democracy Summit in Northeast Ohio!