Work for the Common Good

Rebuilding a diverse working class based on locally-rooted wealth.

We jumpstart community-owned cooperatives and transform our community.

Informed by our own experiences as leaders from the factory floor, we develop community-owned manufacturing enterprises and programs that address business resiliency, worker agency, and environmental issues.

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Our Work

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Enterprises & Infrastructure

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Industrial Networks

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Training & Youth Programs

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Business & Community Development

Since 2015, we’ve sparked economic change, impacting our community and beyond:

2,850

Workers Trained

38.16 Acres in Development

125 Jobs Created

62 Businesses Supported

The Innovation Campus

Revitalizing a 27.87-acre brownfield, we are transforming a forgotten factory site into an hub for visionary enterprises and creative collaboration.

This project aims to propel small to mid-sized textile and furniture firms into a new era of growth and collaboration. The initial development phase features two key buildings: one for versatile manufacturing, training, and incubation; the other, a central business support hub, designed to amplify collaboration with partners across the region.

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