Cleveland Owns

This fall our cooperative workplace incubator program, Co-op U, is back!

Have an idea for a cooperative workplace and a team ready to start building it? Apply to Co-op U to bring your vision to life!

You’ll learn practical skills and receive guided coaching as you build your co-op’s foundations. At the end of the program, you’ll share your progress with the broader community at Dolphin Tank! (The cooperative version of Shark Tank)

Ready to apply or want to learn more? Do so on our website at www.clevelandowns.coop

See you May 9th for our annual celebration! Once a year we gather with all our people to remember that there is an alternative to our current economic system, and that, piece by piece, we are building it! We’ll have a full brunch by , music by , a powerful keynote, and the 2026 Cleveland Owns Cooperator of the Year award (who will it be?!?! Past winners include and !).

RSVP at clevelandowns.coop

Join us next Sunday, February 1st, for ¡TERTULIA!: a conversation around co-op housing, inspired by Bloomington IN 🎵🍞🌱

This will be an evening of shared food, music and conversation around cooperative living, inspired by a visit to friends and peers in the thriving cooperative network of Bloomington, Indiana. This is a collaborative event between Cleveland Owns and COFA House—join us on February 1st to find community, debrief our Bloomington experience, and plant seeds for the next co-op housing projects in Cleveland. We’re lucky to be hosted at the lovely Brownhoist on St. Clair!

Date/Time: Sunday, February 1st - 6pm to 10pm
Location: The Brownhoist, 4403 St. Clair Ave
Dinner starts @ 6pm
Programming from 6:30-8pm
Chatting + jamming 8-10pm
Children are welcome! No experience in collective living is required, just curiosity ☺️

We encourage folks to get there by 6:30pm to savor the full breadth of our program, but you are welcome to come by when you can!