Building Community Wealth Through Employee Ownership

How can employee ownership create quality job opportunities, enrich social capital, and build community wealth through local and broad based ownership? Where can individuals and entrepreneurs turn if they are interested in pursuing a cooperative business model? Featuring speakers from the Tennessee Center for Employee Ownership, the Industrial Commons, Cooperate Western North Carolina, and more, this is the event to be at to find out! Hosted by Appalachian Opportunity Fund and the STRONG Accountable Care Community, and sponsored by the Bob Owens Community Leadership Fund, the Langston Education and Arts Development Inc., Mina Jarrell McVeigh, LCSW and Founders Forge, you don’t want to miss this symposium to learn what employee ownership has to offer our region.