Lompoc Co-op Development Project

Hello Everyone!!
It has been awhile since we have published anything. We have been brainstorming and cooperating with others on what our next Cooperative should be.
In the meantime, this week, we celebrated Green Broom Brigade Cooperative’s 5th year Anniversary!! GBBC has been doing a great job and growing! They now count with 6 worker-owner members and 4 provisionary members. They are growing strong and demonstrating that perseverance is key! Congratulations Green Broom Brigade!!

CO-OP SHOUT OUT!
The Voice of Lompoc Co-ops // October 2017 No. 25
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Lompoc Co-op Developers in Santa Barbara Gives

From among thousands of non-profits Lompoc Cooperative Development Project (LCDP) was chosen to be in the first cohort of forty-four agencies to pilot Santa Barbara Gives. This is a new partnership between the Fund for Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Independent newspaper to support non-profits with a year-end fundraising program that’s new to our county hoping to reach more donors and make it easier for them to give at SBGives.org.

The Independent’s special edition of Santa Barbara Gives came out today, November 2 with LCDP and all the organizations profiled. “We’re honored to be part of this new step in giving,” said LCDP Project Coordinator Maria Garcia-Cacique. “Our board secured over $1200 in no time as a challenge grant.” Maria is now busy laying groundwork for a cooperative which will provide child care or senior care in the Lompoc area.

The Fund for Santa Barbara and SB Independent are providing access to an online platform and thereby to the caring Santa Barbara county community with this effort. This will enable non-profit organizations to increase their capacity to work on addressing the needs of the local communities.

Please visit SBGives.org. The mission and the special work these non-profits are doing with the projects chosen for this campaign will inspire us all. After you donate, share it with your social media networks. Santa Barbara Gives! kicks off November 2nd and ends at midnight December 31, 2017 (PST). This is the direct link to LCDP’s SBGives page:
https://www.sbgives.org/nonprofit/lompoc-cooperative-development-project/

Donors who do not wish to donate online may mail donations to:
Fund for Santa Barbara
Attn: SB Gives!
26 West Anapamu St,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Make checks payable to the Fund for Santa Barbara with LCDP on the memo line. Include your address, phone, and email address.


The SBGives campaign will be our annual winter appeal. We could not have this opportunity without your support as it tells the rest of Santa Barbara County that the work LCDP does is making a positive difference in Lompoc.


Thank you for your continued support!! Please share with your contacts!😊

Lompoc Cooperative Development Project Organization Mission The mission of the Lompoc Co-op Development Project is to create social and economic change in Lompoc through the development of worker-owned cooperative businesses that create sustainable jobs and promote life-changing opportunities for unemployed and under-employed residents

Great video!! Keep up the good work and thank you for your help and support . Green Broom Brigade Cooperative has definitely learned and is still learning from you all. Thank you for helping Lompoc Cooperative Development Project, with past, and present projects as well. Si se puede!!!

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For the past 2 days, Vanessa Bransburg and Rebecca Bauen from Democracy At Work Institute (DAWI) came to Lompoc and held a Cooperative Development Project Planning Training. LCDP Board Members along with 3 other Cooperative Developers attended this great training! (Santa Ana Cooperatives, LA Coop Lab, and Prospera ). We would like to also thank the Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce for allowing us to use their facilities.

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Thank you DeAnne for leading this morning's Strategic Planning Meeting!! LCDP Board Members hard at work. Many plans , many ideas and ready to work!😃👍🏼

Happy Holidays from all of us at LCDP!! Thank you for your continued support, which we hope will continue in 2017. We wish you all the best during this Holiday Season!! ❤️