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Move your money . . . to the co-op! Make a loan to YOUR co-op: help support YOUR community owned grocery store, the growing local food movement AND earn up to 3% interest!
Learn about where your co-op has been, what we are currently working on and take some time to meet some of our founders & board members at the upcoming member loan drive events. All presentations will be held upstairs in the community cafe at 6:00pm. Please RSVP: rsvp@greatbasinfood.coop
Tuesday June 11, 2013 - 6pm
Tuesday June 18th, 2013 - 6pm
Wednesday June 26, 2013 - 6pm
Co-op members know that one way to shape the future of our community and our planet is to vote with our dollars by supporting local farmers and business owners rather than the multinational corporations that have come to dominate our politics and society. What would happen if thousands of us withdrew our money from the giant banks whose reckless actions were responsible for the collapse of the global financial system? What if we were to put it to work in small, local banks and businesses instead?
We would end up with an amazing community-owned grocery store called The Great Basin Community Food Cooperative! In 2011 hundreds of our committed member-owners moved money by making sizeable loans and investing their membership equity to help our co-op relocate into our current space at 240 Court St. Without any formal lending from a bank our co-op pulled together nearly $709,000 in loans, equity, donations and grants. The results are clear and can be seen in our amazing storefront, the new DROPP distribution center and the recent health department certification of our commercial kitchen.
June 2013 marks our second big push for this same kind of membership investment. Our big goal is to gain full membership access into the National Cooperative Grocers Association and finish the community café upstairs so that we can offer additional fresh, wholesome, and delicious prepared foods to our members. The café space will host community seating, a salad bar, hot food bar, custom sandwich station, fresh smoothies, juices, coffee, teas, baked goods and more! Our goal is to raise an additional $200,000 so that we can finish the café as soon as possible.
If you would like to help our co-op expand while moving your money away from a traditional profit-driven bank, please consider loaning it to the Co-op instead. We promise to feed it, care for it, and use it to build a more sustainable local economy instead of gambling it away in the global financial casino. Member loans can earn up to anywhere from 0-3% percent interest and can be made for terms of ranging 1 to 7 years. The minimum loan amount is $1,000 and in the past members have loaned and/or donated up to $80,000! However, if you aren’t ready to commit to the minimum loan amount, yet still want to show support, then consider investing your full membership share of $200 (for anyone who hasn’t already done so). Ask any cashier for details on how you can pay 10 years (the full share) of your membership today. For additional information please contact Amber Sallaberry at
Call us, our phones finally work!
Sorry to keep you hanging on the telephone! Our new & improved (this time finally fully functional) phone system has been installed. You can now call the co-op and someone will actually pick up. Give us a call (775) 324-6133 and say hello, check to see if we have what you're looking for or see what the muffin of the day is.Big thank you to Screenwave Services for handling all of our IT/Phone and networking issues, these guys are totally awesome, kind, fair and full of integrity. We HIGHLY recommend their services:
AB 366 WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR THIS WEEK...WHICH MAKES IT A NV LAW! AB 366 a bill that GBCFC submitted to make it easier for Nonprofit Cooperative Corporations in Nevada to incorporate and run good cooperatively-owned businesses! Huge thank you to co-op member-owners & attorneys by trade - Joe Gorman ejgormanlaw.com & Luke Busby lukeandrewbusbyltd.com and also to GBCFC board members Dagny Stapleton & Laura Fillmore for spending hours on this bill and lobbying at the NV legislature.
Join Dr. Zeny Ocean-A.A. this Sunday for a free workshop and seminar about BIO-COMPATIBLE DENTISTRY. June 2nd at 3:00pm at the co-op. Dr. Ocean will be discussing Biocompatible dentistry and the immune system: Sources and history of infection and inflammation in the body, Head attached to the body, Life style choices, Periodontal (gum) disease, Amalgam fillings & mercury toxicity, Diabetes, Balance - homeostasis the goal, Innate immune system vs acquired immune system, Disease prevention; not disease treatment (do no harm!). RSVP: workshops@greatbasinfood.coop
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