Public Thrift is a worker-cooperative thrift store that began as a pop-up in Corktown in 2020, now opening a brick-and-mortar location in Hamtramck this year.

IG: @publicthrift

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Book Suey is a cooperatively owned and democratically run bookstore in Hamtramck that provides access to books, connection to local writers and publishers, and meaningful conversation in a safe and welcoming environment.

We bring together a diverse community of members and residents to share in reading experiences and learn from one another. We seek to transform the things we sell into ideas, connections, and relationships that form the foundation of vibrant communities.

IG: @booksuey

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Sanctuary Farms is an urban farm and nature sanctuary in Jefferson Chalmers aspiring to transition to a cooperative structure whose goals are to 1) cultivate organic produce, 2) create nutritious compost and 3) provide equitable green spaces to historically disadvantaged communities. With these aims they want to foster a thriving community on the lower eastside of Detroit where people are safe, healthy and connected to their local environment and food by actively being involved in closing the food loop.

IG: @sanctuary.farms

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Motor City Mobile Wellness s a cooperative offering a variety of holistic wellness services and resources to Detroiters. Our cooperative of healing practitioners operates outside of the medical industrial complex to address the spectrum of wellness needs of our communities

MCMW is creating an alternative network of care in Detroit, providing individual and community healing support that combines compassion and expertise for safer responses apart from the carceral system.

MCMW believes Detroiters deserve access to safe, person and community centered wellness services that honor our dignity. We are committed to first listening to the expressed needs of communities, and then building networks of diverse care that allows healing within community. Our practitioners operate from a *social justice and *abolitionist lens that increases access to holistic wellness practices and resources that affirm the whole person and/or community.

IG: @mcmw_detroit

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Beaverland Farms is an urban farm in Brightmoor, Detroit. We grow nutrient-dense fruits and vegetables raised in natural systems that value biological mechanisms and life processes over the use of chemical inputs like fertilizers and pesticides. As our farm grows, so does our team, and we are now transiting into a cooperative model. We believe that a cooperative model can to leverage the resources of our farm to empower ourselves and others in developing and undertaking further regenerative enterprises in the area.

IG: @beaverlandfarms

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City Commons is Detroit's multi-farm Cooperative CSA and online store, offering a variety of locally and regeneratively grown produce. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a fantastic way for people who care about local food, sustainable agriculture and revitalizing the local economy to get directly involved in making it a reality. CSA members support the farms by buying seasonal “shares” that provide them with vegetables and other farm products. Members receive boxes of farm fresh goodies every week during the growing season. This ensures the community will have access to the best seasonal produce and supports our farms in the spring when the majority of seasonal expenses occur. Our farms range in size, style, and what we grow, but are all committed to safe and sustainable practices to build a healthy local food economy and a food sovereign Detroit. We do not use any synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or GMO crops, and all our land is soil tested to ensure no contamination.

IG: citycommonscsa

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27th Letter Books is an independent bookstore that highlights historically underrepresented voices and excellent writing. We want to create a safe, inclusive, and accessible space for people to explore their interests and to be in community in SW Detroit. We strive to support narratives and storytelling in all forms.

IG: 27thletterbooks

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Handy Relocations is a Detroit-based residential/commercial moving company in the process of transitioning into a worker cooperative, offering local and long distance moving services as well as junk removal, packing, and cleaning services.

IG: @handyrelocations

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Building Cooperatively is a worker-owned construction cooperative founded in 2018 specializing in historic restoration and construction, dedicated to honoring and developing ethical business practices and providing competitive living wages to Detroiters.

“Returning anything we encounter back to or close to its original and natural beauty is the work we sign up for in Restoration”.

IG: @buildingcooperatively

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UBCC is a democratic, voting-based community organization in the Midwest-Tireman area committed to transforming vacant lots into food gardens, pocket parks, and outdoor community meeting spaces, and sharing those community resources alongside others such as a community tool library. UBCC regularly partners with other associations, churches, organizations, and business associations and is currently working on a rain forest memorial garden on the Joe Louis Greenway, reusing the vacant lots to prevent illegal dumping and have a safe, ADA-accessible outdoor community meeting space.

Contact: unitedblockclubcouncil2020@gmail.com

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Green Boots is a multi-faceted garden and educational space located on Detroitʼs west side, designed to offer community, neighborhood employment opportunities, and therapeutic services to veterans and other community members through food, horticulture, education, and consulting services tied directly to the land, including the “Green Machine”-- a fresh, high quality, organic produce/food delivery system that doubles as an urban farm EBT marketplace.

IG: @greenthumbz_consulting

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