FUTURE HOME OF FOCUS GROUPS

A Proposed List

Ø      Worker Co-Operatives    

Ø      Consumer/Retail Co-Operatives

Ø      Housing Co-Operatives

Ø      Agricultural Co-Operatives

Ø      Health Care Co-Operatives

Ø      Employee-Owned Business

Ø      Development Trusts

Ø      Community Foundations

Ø      Social Firms

Ø      Intermediate Labor Market Projects

Ø      Credit Unions

Ø      Community Loan Funds

Ø      Friendly Societies

Ø      Mutual Insurers

Ø      Building Societies

Ø      Charitable Trading Arms

Ø      Let Schemes - Local Exchange Trading Systems

Ø      Community Currency

Ø      Community Sponsored Agricultural

Ø      The Homestead Act 

Ø      Consumer Stock Ownership Plans (CSOP); stock  ownership plans for utility users and regular customers of enterprises.

Ø   Community Investment Corporation (CIC)        sharing profits from local land planning and development including structural developments such as highways, railways, bridges, utility companies, harbors, tunnels, etc

Ø      Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which has a proven track record in the United States with 1,500 corporations 100% employee-owned.