Three Steps to a Community Commonwealth

Step 3:  Financial Structuring

The Institute supports people working to build community as the means for meeting our individual needs while honoring our common values.

The third of High Plains Institute's three steps to a Community Commonwealth is "Financial Structuring".

After dialoging and deliberating, and developing an appropriate legal design, a financial structure can be set for your cooperative venture.  Whether starting a worker-owned business or purchasing land through equity sharing or other community plan, each individual must be separately "qualified" to determine their level of financial contribution.

Souces of funding from outside the group may include:

Community-Based Revolving Loan Funds (link)
Community Banking (link)
Microcredit (link)
Grants
Market Loans (link)
Equity Financing (link)

With financing behind you, the most difficult obstacles to your coooperative enterprise have been overcome.

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