Clear Creek Food Cooperative

Co-op Members, volunteers, friends,

Just as many configurations of the Clear Creek Board of Directors have in the past; we the current board, have been wrestling with the notions of relocating.

The student meal plan was an innovative way to keep the co-op solvent over the years.  However, the board has decided to focus on our co-op. The students have been working with the College to revitalize the current space to fit their needs and to provide their own alternative meal plan.

The board’s decision to move the store away from its current location is a move back to the basic co-operative model.  This has not been a simple decision, however If we are a Co-op our guiding principles are clear enough.  A Co-op is voluntarily owned by the people who use it, operated for the benefit of its members, governed democratically, and it adheres to the internationally recognized cooperative principles.

These principles are:

1. Voluntary and open membership
2. Democratic, member control
3. Member economic participation
4. Autonomy and independence
5. Education, training and information
6. Cooperation among cooperatives
7. Concern for community

As members of the greater Richmond community, as well as the board of Clear Creek Co-op we invite you to join us in a new cooperative adventure!  We are very excited about these changes and the energy a new space will bring.

We ask that you bear with us during the framing of this forward movement into the heart of our community, as the co-op will be closed for August.  The buying club will continue to place orders when we get the logistics of receiving your forms and product pick up nailed down. The board will discuss this at our upcoming meeting.  We will keep you posted!

We are counting on your continued support and cooperation.

Kiersten Aubre-Howard
Clear Creek Co-op Board of Directors