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		<title>Federal Reserve Board Governor highlights Evergreen Cooperatives as &#8220;substantial, positive development in the local economy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2013/03/federal-reserve-board-governor-highlights-evergreen-cooperatives-as-substantial-positive-development-in-the-local-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evergreen Cooperatives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a speech made today (3/23) to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition annual conference, Federal Reserve Board Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin highlighted the innovative work of the Evergreen Cooperatives:  &#8220;Anchor institutions,&#8221; such as hospitals and universities, which are firmly rooted in their locales, can also be powerful engines for job creation in their communities. Anchors may...]]></description>
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		<title>Green City Growers Cooperative: The third Evergreen company is open for business!</title>
		<link>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2013/02/green-city-growers-cooperative-the-third-evergreen-company-is-open-for-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evergreen Cooperatives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, February 25th, the third Evergreen Cooperatives business, Green City Growers Cooperative, officially opened its doors.  On hand to celebrate the first crop of living lettuce from the 3.25 acre greenhouse with the 25 workers in line to become owners of the cooperative were Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and US Senator Sherrod Brown, as...]]></description>
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		<title>Green City Growers plants first winter crop in large Cleveland greenhouse</title>
		<link>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2013/01/green-city-growers-plants-first-winter-crop-in-large-cleveland-greenhouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jduda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting next month, you could have some Cleveland winter lettuce with that sandwich. That&#8217;s when Green City Growers Cooperative, a worker-owned business, expects to harvest its first crops from one of the largest urban greenhouses in the country, a 3 1/4-acre hydroponic operation off East 55th Street in the city&#8217;s Central neighborhood. Mary Donnell, chief...]]></description>
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		<title>West Shore Film Series to host film “Shift Change: Putting Democracy to Work”</title>
		<link>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2012/11/special-event-west-shore-film-series-to-host-film-shift-change-putting-democracy-to-work/</link>
		<comments>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2012/11/special-event-west-shore-film-series-to-host-film-shift-change-putting-democracy-to-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://evergreencooperatives.com/?p=2046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the long decline in US manufacturing and today’s economic crisis, millions have been thrown out of work, and many are losing their homes. The usual economic solutions are not working, so some citizens and public officials are ready to think outside of the box. There is growing interest in firms that are owned and...]]></description>
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		<title>The Lasting Impression of Medrick Addison</title>
		<link>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2012/05/the-lasting-impression-of-medrick-addison/</link>
		<comments>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2012/05/the-lasting-impression-of-medrick-addison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 18:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evergreen Cooperatives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a news article today from Triple Pundit, Andrew Newell describes her experiences from this month&#8217;s conference of the Business Alliance of Local Living Economies (BALLE).  One of the major highlights she notes: Medrick Addison and his presentation on Evergreen.  In another news piece, this one from Small Business Survival, a different conference attendee walked...]]></description>
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		<title>Visitors from Springfield MA and Atlanta GA</title>
		<link>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2012/05/2001/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 17:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evergreen Cooperatives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The summer is shaping up to be a busy time here at Evergreen.  This month we had visitors from Springfield, MA and Atlanta, GA visiting us.  There are initiatives underway in both places based on our work here at Evergreen.  Both the Wellspring Initiative in Springfield and the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative have projects underway...]]></description>
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		<title>We Joined the American Sustainable Business Council</title>
		<link>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2012/03/we-joined-the-american-sustainable-business-council/</link>
		<comments>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2012/03/we-joined-the-american-sustainable-business-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evergreen Cooperatives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month we joined the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), a national business organization working to create a more vibrant, just, and sustainable economy.  With business supporters like Seventh Generation, Ben &#38; Jerry&#8217;s, Patagonia, Stonyfield Farm, Green Depot, New Resource Bank, Trillium Asset Management, Organic Valley, and others, Evergreen is joining some of the nation&#8217;s...]]></description>
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		<title>Evergreen Featured in Shift Change Documentary</title>
		<link>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2012/02/evergreen-featured-in-shift-change-documentary/</link>
		<comments>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2012/02/evergreen-featured-in-shift-change-documentary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evergreen Cooperatives</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://evergreencooperatives.com/?p=1982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new preview has been released for an upcoming documentary on employee-owned companies like Evergreen.  It&#8217;s called Shift Change: Putting Democracy to Work and will feature different businesses from across the country.  It&#8217;s also going to be the first time since 1980 that a documentary has featured the Mondragon Cooperatives in Spain, an inspiration to...]]></description>
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		<title>Visit from North Carolina &amp; Featured on NPR</title>
		<link>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2012/01/visit-from-north-carolina-featured-on-npr/</link>
		<comments>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2012/01/visit-from-north-carolina-featured-on-npr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evergreen Cooperatives</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://evergreencooperatives.com/?p=1316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This month we were visited by a group of almost 30 students from Elon University in North Carolina. It was the first time an entire class came to visit us from out of town. It was a great experience and it taught us the valuable lesson that young people are excited by Evergreen and that...]]></description>
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		<title>Evergreen Inspires Others</title>
		<link>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2011/11/evergreen-inspires-others/</link>
		<comments>http://evergreencooperatives.com/2011/11/evergreen-inspires-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evergreen Cooperatives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are happy to announce that we’ve been working with our partners at the Democracy Collaborative to advance community wealth building initiatives in other cities based off of Evergreen. Numerous organizations in Atlanta, GA have been working with us to assess the potential for launching an initiative similar to Evergreen down there.  That’s not all...]]></description>
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