Chicommons Lwca

ChiCommons Cooperative [also known as ChiCommons CoOp, and ChiCommons LWCA (Limited Worker Cooperative Association)] is a multi-stakeholder organization composed of Worker-Owners, Consumer-Owners, Producer-Owners, and Investor-Owners. The vision of ChiCommons is empowered, integrated, equitable, cooperative/solidarity economies across the Chicago region; connected globally, with ChiCommons-provided tools, services, and strategies. Our mission is to cooperatively foster and grow a people-owned solidarity economy in the Chicago region. How? By serving paying clients such as local businesses, cooperatives, nonprofits, and nonprofits our technology and business consulting services delivered by our ChiCommons Consulting arm. We also seek to serve local communities with better digital connectivity than they have today, and to map the various assets of the Solidarity Economy for awareness and growth. We are an an example of civic technology in action.