Assessing the Feasibility of a Manufacturing Worker Cooperative in Crenshaw

According to the U.S. Census, the median household income in Crenshaw is nearly 39% lower than that of the City of Los Angeles. Further, 20% of Crenshaw residents live below the poverty level. This large disparity suggests an increasing need to investigate creative strategies for community wealth-building. Cooperatives are one such strategy that utilize a shared ownership business model to generate community wealth. Communities create cooperative businesses to produce goods and services, create local jobs, and gain high profit margins, among other reasons.

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