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Fresh Cup Magazine Highlights Coffee Cooperatives In Baltimore City
Fresh Cup Magazine wrote an article about coffee cooperatives in Baltimore City and how the co-op ecosystem has grown over the last six years. It’s a good light read for these heavy times. Read here!
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2025 BRED Jumpstart
Picture this. It’s Saturday morning. You’re drinking a cup of coffee, maybe eating a light breakfast, and learning all about cooperatives with curious minded people. Where are you? BRED’s 2025 Jumpstart taking place at Impact Hub! Who is this event for? If you are co-op curious, a business owner that wants to sell to your…
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Want To Help Support BRED?
Giving Tuesday is fast approaching and we’re hoping you support Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy! BRED was founded in 2015 to provide much-needed technical support and funding to support the cooperative economy here in Baltimore, and beyond. We know how important sustaining and growing a healthy business ecosystem is here in Baltimore City, and we…
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Baltimore Co-ops, and BRED, In The News
photo credit: Eric Lindberg
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Cooperative Real Estate Series
Are you interested in learning how you can pursue real estate but want to know what your options are to stay grounded in the community? We are hosting this free 3-part series to help cooperatives and cooperative centered communities learn more about what it takes to form, maintain, and and build different types of real…
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How To Give Public Testimony
Have you ever wanted to propose a bill for something that you are passionate about, but don’t know how to talk about it in front of officials? Public Justice Center has you covered! BRED has partnered with PJC to bring you an event called Giving Public Testimony. The event will show attendees how to give…
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Reflections From BRED’s 2023 Apprenticeship And Academy Programs
The 2023 BRED Apprenticeship and Academy have wrapped up, and we’d like to share some reflections from the participants
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NY Co-op Tour
Jim and Trish, two of our project stewards, took our Apprentice and academy cohorts to New York for a tour of some cooperatives. They visited Brooklyn Stone and Tile, Donna, Radix Media, and Cooperative Home Care Associates. The cohort members are from several cooperatives that BRED works with, and they asked if they could visit…
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Advanced Cooperator Apprenticeship Training
We help worker co-ops in the greater Baltimore area get the capital they need to start and grow. Our non-extractive lending process helps prioritize inclusion and equity, rather than locking communities out of the funding they need to start owning their economy. Most of us BRED staffers are current or former worker-owners; by combining the…
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NY Co-ops On The Rise
Restaurants and bars in New York are moving towards being worker-owned and we are here for it. Below are two articles that spotlight this wonderful adventure. ny.eater.com Hospitality Design
