Worker-Owned & Operated

An Inclusive Cooperative Model

As a multi-stakeholder worker cooperative, EDC believes that we need to transform the extractive relationship between people, labor, and capital. We are democratically owned and governed by worker-owners that run our business and resident-members committed to an equitable community. We believe that worker-owned businesses can be a meaningful vehicle for sustainable community development, economic democracy, and a more egalitarian distribution of wages and capital.

We continue to strive towards a diverse membership with engaged BIPOC and working-class members, to ensure that those historically excluded from community planning can determine the future of Evanston’s neighborhoods.

If you’re curious to learn more about this model, we’ve started to curate a small “cooperative learning library” about the solidarity economy. You can also explore the website of the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, of which we’re a worker co-op member.

You can also download the latest version of our cooperative bylaws here.