Cooperatives

In an economic sense, a cooperative is a business controlled by those it affects (informally, it's stake holders). A worker cooperative is a business owned by its workers; a housing cooperative is a house owned by its residence; a retail cooperative can be worker cooperative, or a business owned by its customers, or a combination. Cooperatives eliminate control of an organisation by those who are only interested in a profit. Socially, a cooperative usually involves cooperation in the traditional sense, and a vibrant, do-it-yourself attitude towards pitching in and getting the job done.

Rochester has several cooperatives of various kinds:

Art Co-ops

• Dichotomy Rochester
  

• Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (Community Darkroom)
  

• NU MVMNT
  

• The Shoe Factory Art Co-op

Consumer Food Cooperatives

• Abundance Cooperative Market / Genesee Co-op Natural Foodstore
  

• Genesee Valley Community Supported Agriculture
  

• Greater Rochester Urban Bounty (GRUB)

Energy Cooperatives

• Rochester District Heating Co-op - A downtown steam co-op!
  

• New York State Energy Cooperative

Financial Cooperatives

• Credit Unions
  

• Genesee Co-op Federal Credit Union

Housing Cooperatives

• EcoHouse - Current/former U of R students with a focus on sustainable living.
  

• Flying Squirrel Community Space - A community space for artists, activists, and members of the Rochester community, located at 285 Clarissa Street.
  

• Little Flower Community Cooperative - "Another bright star in the Rochester Potluck Galaxy", located on Parsells Avenue.
  

• S.H.A.F.T.N.C.L.E.X. - A community organization and housing cooperative on Averill Avenue.

Further Afield

• Nickel City Co-op (Buffalo)
  

• Bread and Roses (Syracuse)

Worker and Retail Cooperatives

• Dichotomy Rochester
  

• Hodge Podge Lodge
  

• LW Emporium Co-op - Antiques
  

• Main Street Mercantile - Gifts and antiques
  

• Ontario Mall Antiques
  

• Small World Bakery - A worker cooperative and bakery, owned and run by the people that work there.

Other

• In the City Off the Grid

Extinct Cooperatives

• Ant Hill Cooperative
  

• Clear Eye Co-op
  

• Genesee Co-op
  

• Oswego Punk House

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2005-10-30 09:47:52   Tell me more about this 'hotel' thing! —FarMcKon

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2005-10-30 18:59:12   Well, it's a sort of co-op esque house at South and Elmwood. They seem really interested in Ant Hill, and they are very cool themselves. —TobinFricke