Clear Creek Food Cooperative

We’re excited to note that we’re reached a major milestone in our work to relocate the Clear Creek Food Cooperative, after many conversations about how we can best live out our organizational mission.  The Coop has secured a new space in downtown Richmond at 710 East Main Street, where we’ll be opening our new store location in the coming months.  Of course, we’re sad to be leaving behind our long-time spot on the campus of Earlham College, but we continue to work with the Earlham community to suggest ways to fill in for the role we played there, and we’re confident that this change will continue to serve Earlham and the wider community well.

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Greetings.  Some of you have asked us for an update on the process of moving the Co-op off campus, and realizing that it’s been more than a month since our last website post, that’s certainly fair!

As Kiersten noted in August, we’ve continued our work on opening the Co-op in a new location in Richmond, with a focus on a strong cooperative model for running a small grocery store with complementary educational/outreach programs.  A few pieces have to come into place before that move can be finalized, and here’s the status of each:

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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:

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Co-op Update: June 13-20

1. Richmond Farmers Market started today!
2. Inventory coming up end of June!
3. Open Board Meeting - Summer Membership

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Co-op Update: June 5-12, 2009

1. June 9th Open Board Meeting
2. Strawberries!
3. A Note from the Departing Managers

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Co-op Update: May 29 - June 5, 2009

1. Sunday Sale - 30% off!
2. Store Hour Changes
3. Co-op seeks more local products!
4. 100-Mile-Radius Potluck May 31st
5. More volunteers needed!!

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Co-op Update: May 22-29, 2009

1. Summer Plan for the Co-op
2. Transition to Summer SALE!!
3. Community Gardening, anyone?
4. Get in the loop! Buying Club email list
5. Store Schedule and Closings

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In my last update, I noted that the Co-op would be scaling back its operations at the end of the Spring semester at Earlham.  The Board and staff have since met to talk more about what that scaling back will look like, and we’d like to pass along information about this new direction and some new opportunities:

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Co-op Update: May 15-22, 2009

1. Learn about bulk ordering! Buying Club Party!
2. Store Hours for May, and beyond…
3. Come join the movement! Volunteer!

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Co-op Update: May 8-15, 2009

1. Update on the Future of the Co-op
2. End of the Semester Sale!
3. Campus Power Down on Sat., 5/16 - Co-op Closed
4. Sale Monday - Friday — All Perishables must go!!
5. Lettuce, Garlic and Ginger!!
6. Ordering Schedule
7. Organic Valley Milk - $5 for 3 gallons!

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