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Watch: Ward Lumber’s Conversion to a Worker Cooperative

November 9, 2023 No Comments

Too many small business owners don’t have a realistic plan for how to exit their business, earn a decent retirement income, and preserve the legacy they’ve built and the jobs they’ve created. Jay Ward was like many of those small business owners—he was nearing retirement and didn’t know what to do with the business that

O’Donal’s Nursery is Maine’s newest worker-owned cooperative!

October 24, 2023 No Comments

O’Donal’s Nursery is always busy during the harvest season, but there has been an extra buzz this year. This season marks the garden center’s first as Maine’s newest worker-owned cooperative. O’Donals is widely known and regarded by gardeners, homeowners, and landscapers throughout northern New England. Founded in 1953 by Royce and Selma O’Donal, Jeffrey O’Donal

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Watch: Ward Lumber’s Conversion to a Worker Cooperative

O’Donal’s Nursery is Maine’s newest worker-owned cooperative!

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