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www.amp.coop

American MainStreet Publications (AMP) collectively forms the 4th largest publication entity in the U.S., making it the largest media group serving the hard-to-reach rural market. With our combined reach of over 9.8 million households and over 29 million engaged readers each month, there is no other network of magazines as deeply entrenched into this non-urban market.
 
We enjoy an unprecedented bond of mutual trust and loyalty with our readership. Promoting community awareness within our pages and editorial dedicated to our readers’ lifestyles, it’s no wonder that 83% read 3 out of 4 issues and spend an average of 39 minutes per issue poring through our pages.

What is the New Rural Market?

It is a dynamic, hard-to-reach audience that grows in diversity and influence each day.

No longer just a farming community in sparsely populated towns and hamlets, the New Rural Market is rapidly evolving and transforming America’s heartland.

According to data from the 2017 Census Bureau annual county and metropolitan report, the U.S. population has experienced a revival of ‘suburbanization’ and movement to rural areas over the past decade not seen since before the Great Recession.  In fact, the population in AMP counties is growing 22% faster than the U.S. average over the past decade.

As young families, Millennials, and Baby Boomers, alike, migrate out of urban centers and into rural areas, new suburbs are emerging out of former farmland blurring the line between where urban ends and rural begins.  these evolving communities form the heart of the “new rural market”, filled with a unique audience that is significant, growing…

American MainStreet Publications is the largest group of consumer publications serving the New Rural Market.

About Cooperatives and .coop

The global Cooperative community has more than 1 billion members, representing 12% of the world’s employed population. All Cooperatives verify their identity when selecting a .coop web address. Your unique business identity is recognized online with a .coop domain name – your digital brand – a brand known for its economic advantages to its community, consumers, and members.

If you would like your cooperative featured, click on this link to submit your story.

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www.savvy.coop

The first patient-owned public benefit co-op.

Companies have questions. Patients have answers.

Too often, companies and innovators waste time and money creating products and services that don’t meaningfully impact patients’ lives. Why? Because they never bothered to ask patients.

Patient Insights Are Here

Savvy makes it easy for innovators to understand the patient experience by connecting them directly with diverse patients and caregivers, who earn rewards for participating in Savvy Gigs.

Our mission is to empower people to use their experience to create positive change.

In healthcare, we do this by giving patients direct ways to share their experiences with health innovators, and advocating that they be fairly compensated for their contributions.

We empower patients to co-create new solutions, give them a sense of purpose, and help them earn money.

Savvy is a co-op, meaning we are legally owned by our members, who are patients and people, like you!

Members have a vote in what we do and share in our yearly profits.

We are very friendly. Whether you’re a patient or a professional, reach out to say hello or get your questions answered. We are here for you!

About Cooperatives and .coop

The global Cooperative community has more than 1 billion members, representing 12% of the world’s employed population. All Cooperatives verify their identity when selecting a .coop web address. Your unique business identity is recognized online with a .coop domain name – your digital brand – a brand known for its economic advantages to its community, consumers, and members.

If you would like your cooperative featured, click on this link to submit your story.

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www.coop-cameroon.coop

Coop Cameron est l’organisation faîtière nationales chargée de la promotion des sociétés coopératives sur toute l’étendue du territoire national/Coop Cameron is the national umbrella organization responsible for promoting cooperative societies across the country.

Alliance Coopératives Cameroun est une Association nationale sans but lucratif qui créée le 17 Mars 2017 à Ngoa-ekelle – Yaoundé pour Servir, Unir, Représenter les coopératives Camerounaises sur le plan national et international à travers ses 10 organisations sectorielles suivantes :Élèves et Étudiants ;  Femmes ; Santé ; Finances ; Assurance ; Consommation ; Habitat ; Agriculture ; Pêches ; Industrie et Services. Elle a été inscrite au répertoire des associations, organisations non gouvernementales et de la société civile du Ministère des relations Extérieures le 02 Octobre 2020 et devient membre de plein droit d’Alliance Coopérative internationale le 21/07/2021.

Alliance Coopératives Cameroun is a national non-profit association created on March 17, 2017 in Ngoa-ekelle – Yaoundé to Serve, Unite, Represent Cameroonian cooperatives nationally and internationally through its 10 following sectoral organizations: Pupils and Students; Women; Health ; Finance; Assurance ; Consumption ; Habitat; Agriculture ; Fisheries; Industry and Services. It was registered in the directory of associations, non-governmental organizations and civil society of the Ministry of External Relations on October 02, 2020 and became a full member of Alliance Coopérative internationale on 07/21/2021.

Pour tout savoir sur Alliance Coopératives Cameroun, cliquez ici./Read all about Alliance Coopératives Cameroun here:

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About Cooperatives and .coop

The global Cooperative community has more than 1 billion members, representing 12% of the world’s employed population. All Cooperatives verify their identity when selecting a .coop web address. Your unique business identity is recognized online with a .coop domain name – your digital brand – a brand known for its economic advantages to its community, consumers, and members.

If you would like your cooperative featured, click on this link to submit your story.

Visit Coop Cameroon on social media:

www.19.coop

Nineteen, thanks to a dynamic and flexible approach to information technology, offers complete answers to the growth needs of each of its customers.
The company provides a wide range of IT and design services for companies.

• Software, web and app development
• System assistance and IT infrastructure development
• Design for access to public funds
• Implementation of information systems
• Formation
• Legal advice, privacy, 231

About Cooperatives and .coop
The global Cooperative community has more than 1 billion members, representing 12% of the world’s employed population. All Cooperatives verify their identity when selecting a .coop web address. Your unique business identity is recognized online with a .coop domain name – your digital brand – a brand known for its economic advantages to its community, consumers, and members.

If you would like your cooperative featured, click on this link to submit your story.

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www.ontario.coop

Co-operatives are a different kind of business model that are driven by people, planet and profit. The Ontario Co-operative Association (OCA) is the provincial trade association for Ontario’s 1,500+ English-speaking co-operatives. Our job is to ensure that people across the province understand the benefits and versatility of the co-operative business model, and to promote our member-owned co-operative businesses that contribute $6 billion to the Ontario economy.

OCA wants communities across Ontario to grow and thrive, and we believe that the co-operative model has a significant role to play in capturing opportunities for new business, creating stronger and more vibrant local economies, increasing community engagement and building a more sustainable social economy overall.

OCA is a non-profit co-operative that was originally formed in 1989 as CCA Ontario Region, and officially incorporated in 2002. We are one of nine provincial associations that serve English-speaking co-operatives and co-op member organizations across Canada and that are linked through a national committee – the Council of Regional Executives (CORE).

We support individuals and groups wanting to build new or develop established co-operative businesses. We provide co-operatives with support and services in the areas of business development, advocacy and education, and create opportunities to unite, collaborate and celebrate as ONE voice and movement. By encouraging co-operatives to connect, work and act as a co-ordinated group, we strive to build a higher profile with the public, government and with each other.

By promoting and raising awareness of co-operatives in the province as well as supporting their development, OCA helps to improve the lives of Ontarians. Co-operatives enable people to set up the products and services that they need, provide jobs, and contribute to the social and economic well-being of the communities in which they reside, thereby providing a better standard of living overall. We believe in and exist to help BUILD A BETTER ONTARIO. Our membership is comprised of like-minded organizations whose support provides us with the resources to develop and strengthen the co-operative community.

Check out all the amazing things we were able to accomplish with the support of our membership in 2020! 

About Cooperatives and .coop
The global Cooperative community has more than 1 billion members, representing 12% of the world’s employed population. All Cooperatives verify their identity when selecting a .coop web address. Your unique business identity is recognized online with a .coop domain name – your digital brand – a brand known for its economic advantages to its community, consumers, and members.

If you would like your cooperative featured, click on this link to submit your story.

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www.site.techsupport.coop

Lifting up your retail business!

The Tech Support Cooperative fosters autonomy and independence through education and support that focuses on the intersection of technology and humanity. Through our efforts the Cooperative movement will be stronger, smarter, and more agile, while providing right livelihood to our members.

The Right Tools. The Right Solution.

We’ll work with you to tailor the best software fit for your organizations unique needs.  Even if the right software isn’t one of ours.

About Cooperatives and .coop

The global Cooperative community has more than 1 billion members, representing 12% of the world’s employed population. All Cooperatives verify their identity when selecting a .coop web address. Your unique business identity is recognized online with a .coop domain name – your digital brand – a brand known for its economic advantages to its community, consumers, and members.

If you would like your cooperative featured, click on this link to submit your story.

Visit The Tech Support Cooperative on social media:

www.resource.coop

Australia’s largest Not-For-Profit worker Owned cooperative!

Resource Work Cooperative is a self-funding worker’s cooperative based in Hobart, Tasmania. Founded in 1993, we employ 38 local Tasmanians who democratically run our social enterprise. We can supply materials for your next renovation or art project, pick up your reusable goods for free or even sustainably deconstruct entire buildings!

We have three main objectives that drive our work:

• To create employment
• To minimise waste
• To promote waste minimisation in the community

We operate a host of resource management and landfill reduction initiatives including:

• South Hobart Tip Shop stocked with salvage from landfill and donations from the public
• Education Program
• Ewaste Recycling Onsite
• Free Community Pick Up Service
• Urban Salvage Service
• Arts Parts Art supply shop – open the 1st & 3rd Saturday of each month in our Education Centre 
• Creative and Practical Re-Use Workshops
• Tip Shop Tours
• Annual Art From Trash Exhibition at the Long Gallery, Salamanca

We also support many local community groups and deliver programs throughout the broader community.

Where does our income go?

• Employment expenses (85% of income)
• Insurance
• Rent
• Truck and Forklift maintenance
• Art From Trash Exhibition
• Electricity
• Charity – we make annual donations to a number of organisations

Resource is self-governed and self-funded. This means that the business belongs to the people who you see working at the Tip Shop and giving school workshops.  Our workers also volunteer their spare time to attend monthly general meetings where they decide the running of the cooperative.  We practice consensus decision making. 

Resource is committed to all-gender inclusivity in our shop and workplace.  We welcome diversity and any feedback for improvements.

Resource Work Cooperative acknowledges that the Muwinina people of the South East Aboriginal nation are the traditional and original owners of this land. We pay our respects to today’s traditional owners, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community, the palawa people, and to Elders past, present and emerging.

About Cooperatives and .coop
The global Cooperative community has more than 1 billion members, representing 12% of the world’s employed population. All Cooperatives verify their identity when selecting a .coop web address. Your unique business identity is recognized online with a .coop domain name – your digital brand – a brand known for its economic advantages to its community, consumers, and members.

If you would like your cooperative featured, click on this link to submit your story.

Visit Resource Cooperative on social media:

www.bccm.coop

The BCCM is the peak body for co-operatives and mutuals in Australia.

We unite these businesses with the common objective of increasing awareness of co-operatives and mutuals and the important contribution they make to the economy and community life.

We are a powerful and informed voice in the business community working to remove the barriers to fair competition and improving the business environment for all co-operatives and mutuals.

Our national network of member-owned businesses fosters innovation and business relationships in the sector. Our members believe that co-operatives and mutuals help to build a more inclusive, prosperous and sustainable Australia.

The BCCM was formed in 2013 as a legacy of the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives. As Australia’s first peak body for co-operatives and mutuals in all industries we are proud of how far we come in our short history. Our strategy of uniting the sector has delivered outstanding results for all Australian co-ops and mutuals.

About Cooperatives and .coop
The global Cooperative community has more than 1 billion members, representing 12% of the world’s employed population. All Cooperatives verify their identity when selecting a .coop web address. Your unique business identity is recognized online with a .coop domain name – your digital brand – a brand known for its economic advantages to its community, consumers, and members.

If you would like your cooperative featured, click on this link to submit your story.

Visit BCCM on social media:

www.web.coop

WE ARE DEVELOPERS. We work with everything from legacy technology to the latest cutting edge tech, to build the best possible solution for every situation.

WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU. Come in for a coffee and a chat and we’ll try our best to make sure you leave armed with the right information for a solution tailored for you.

WE ARE CO-OPERATIVE.
We are a workers’ co-operative, owned and run by the members who work here and care passionately about our clients, our impact and our community.

We are here to help businesses with technology.  So no matter whether you are big or small, know what you want or need some guidance we’re here to talk through what your options could be.

Have a look at the kinds of different things we do with different types of business.  Obviously every business is unique and our skill is working with you to deliver the perfect solution to your specific problem so if you think you’d like to talk through your challenges then give us a call and we will do our best to help…

About Cooperatives and .coop
The global Cooperative community has more than 1 billion members, representing 12% of the world’s employed population. All Cooperatives verify their identity when selecting a .coop web address. Your unique business identity is recognized online with a .coop domain name – your digital brand – a brand known for its economic advantages to its community, consumers, and members.

If you would like your cooperative featured, click on this link to submit your story.

Visit Co-operative Web on social media:

www.tagcodec.coop

TAGCODEC, formerly known as the Tagalog Cooperative Training and Education Center (TAGCOTEC) was born in response to a felt-need, at a time when cooperatives in Luzon were dying as fast as they were born; when enthusiasm for cooperation was so pervading, yet education and training were nowhere to be found. It was organized by a handful of cooperative leaders in Metro Manila and in various provinces of southern Tagalog and Central Luzon on July 19, 1975 at the Jesuit Sacred Heart of Novitiate in Novaliches, Quezon City. It was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 2, 1976. Moved by the ardent desire of its members to engage in economic activities in order to uplift their socio-economic condition.

TAGCOTEC re-registered with the Bureau of Agricultural Cooperatives Development (BACOD) on November 9, 1987 with a new name TAGALOG COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTER (TAGCODEC). It has then become a regional secondary federation operating in National Capital Region (NCR), Regions 3 and Region 4. It was duly registered with CDA on May 08, 1991 with Certificate of Registration No. MLA-C669, and was re-registered with Cooperative Development Authority on November 16, 2009 with Reg. No. 9520-04002268.

About Cooperatives and .coop

The global Cooperative community has more than 1 billion members, representing 12% of the world’s employed population. All Cooperatives verify their identity when selecting a .coop web address. Your unique business identity is recognized online with a .coop domain name – your digital brand – a brand known for its economic advantages to its community, consumers, and members.

If you would like your cooperative featured, click on this link to submit your story.

Visit tagcodec on social media: