Author: Montana Council of Cooperatives

Pulling rural towns together to save businesses
July 22, 2016 No Responses

Pulling rural towns together to save businesses

By Peter Johnson I Great Falls Tribune The Montana Cooperative Development Center is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help small towns meet their economic needs by pulling community members together to launch, own and support groceries, stores and...
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“Voices of Montana” Radio Show: Co-ops & Co-op Development
July 22, 2016 No Responses

“Voices of Montana” Radio Show: Co-ops & Co-op Development

Click on the following audio links to listen to both parts of the show: “Voices of Montana” Radio Show: Co-ops & Co-op Development July 14, 2016 Part I   “Voices of Montana” Radio Show: Co-ops & Co-op Development July 14,.....
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Raising Awareness through New Communications Plan
June 30, 2016 No Responses

Raising Awareness through New Communications Plan

Montana Cooperative Development Center (MCDC) “is not sufficiently familiar to its bedrock stakeholders” according to a recently completed evaluation by Montana State University (MSU).  MSU evaluators surveyed three groups of stakeholders: the MCDC team o...
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New Co-ops Opening for Business in Montana
June 30, 2016 No Responses

New Co-ops Opening for Business in Montana

Whether you are more familiar with the Yellowstone Valley or the Bitterroot, it is time to welcome two new co-ops that soon will open their doors for business in Montana. This House of Books, the new Billings bookstore cooperative, is...
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Community Leaders Working to Develop New Co-ops
June 30, 2016 No Responses

Community Leaders Working to Develop New Co-ops

While many small towns in rural Montana are in decline – losing population, merging farms and schools, and closing Main Street businesses – not all are giving up or giving in. Today three communities within 75 miles of Great Falls...
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Nemont Telephone Cooperative
June 15, 2016 No Responses

Nemont Telephone Cooperative

Nemont Telephone Cooperative Chief Executive Officer Mike Kilgore explains the history of Nemont, how the cooperative has adapted to dramatic changes in technology throughout its 66-year history, what vital telecommunications services the co-op provides to its...
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Council Board agrees to fund production of pilot training video
June 13, 2016 No Responses

Council Board agrees to fund production of pilot training video

At its April 14 meeting, the Montana Council of Cooperatives (MCOC) Board of Directors voted to spend $6,000 on the production of an introductory, “Co-ops 101” training video.  This pilot production is envisioned as the first in an educational series...
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Back to Basics Summit: Leaders explore how co-ops can meet the needs of rural Montana
June 13, 2016 No Responses

Back to Basics Summit: Leaders explore how co-ops can meet the needs of rural Montana

The Montana Council of Cooperatives was a major sponsor of the Montana Cooperative Development Center’s first-ever “Back to Basics” Cooperative Summit March 29-31, 2016, at Fairmont Hot Springs.  Leaders from the affordable housing and local foods s...
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Upcoming Events
June 13, 2016 No Responses

Upcoming Events

    MCDC Back to Basics Cooperative Summit February 27 – March 1, 2017 Fairmont Hot Springs Resort & Conference Center    
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Council Sets Goals for 2016
June 13, 2016 No Responses

Council Sets Goals for 2016

For more than five decades the Montana Council of Cooperatives has been promoting cooperative principles and educating policy makers and the public about the benefits of cooperative enterprises.  In planning for 2016, the Council Board engaged those members a...
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