Daily News | In a ‘modern-day Rocky story,’ members step up to save Kensington Community Food Co-op
earlier this month they received a $1 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant to build their fourth store in Germantown.Like the Creekside Co-op in Elkins Park that started in 2007, opened its store in 2013 and although it was heralded for helping revitalize Elkins Park, closed five years later by a board citing financial difficulties
“We need this amount to give us a shot at being successful; less than that will not allow us to unlock the full turnaround plan. Since we are structuring our campaign as ‘all or nothing,’ your pledge would not be collected unless we collectively reach the $200,000 target. Unlike a typical food store, food cooperatives are member governed and democratically run with each member having a voice. That can also make it difficult to manage. “It is insanely hard to open and keep a co-op going,” said Kerns-Wetherington. “Everybody has a different opinion. If you have a board of eight people, you have eight different opinions, and you have to figure out how to have one voice.
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