Co-op Creator – Navigator tool for starting a co-op (Co-operatives First)

Before we jump into telling you about this awesome website, we wanted to remind you of things found right here on the website you’re on now (ed.coop). If you want to start a co-op, let us suggest to start at the learning path where our team of volunteers (all die-hard co-op geeks) curated a collection of materials to help take all self-learners from where they are to a stronger fluency and confidence in starting co-ops – check out our 3 collections on this topic here: https://staging.ed.coop/learning-path-cat/cooperative-development/

Now, let’s jump into the Co-op Creator. This is a great site developed by Co-operatives First (based in the Prairies in Canada) and funded by an agricultural co-op, who does a ton of work to support both awareness about co-operatives to the average person and also strives to play a role in growing the co-op economy. Great goals! So, they built this site that suggests a straightforward pathway through the co-op development process – aiming to give information and templates, as well as clarity on what they suggest to be a logical way to put one foot in front of the other. Starting anything can be a complicated process, so turning it into a road map with info along the way seems like a pretty genius idea. And, it’s free! So take a look here: https://coopcreator.ca/