Contents 5
What is Employee Ownership?
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How and Why to Use this Playbook
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Play #1: Support Legacy Businesses in Transitioning to Employee Ownership
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Problem: Legacy business closures resulting in a loss of jobs and local ownership
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Solution: Support legacy businesses in selling to employees
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What’s the win?
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Getting started
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This Play in Action: San Francisco, CA’s Legacy Business Registry
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This Play in Action: Amending Loan Programs in Miami, FL and Berkeley, CA
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Play #2: Create Quality Jobs for People Who are Left Out of the Mainstream Job Market
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Problem: Lack of access to quality jobs and barriers to employment
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Solution: Establish a pathway for quality job creation through employee ownership
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What’s the win?
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Getting started
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This Play in Action: San Francisco, CA’s Rapid Response Cooperative for DreamSF Fellows
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Play #3: Foster Small Business Resilience and Growth Through Secondary Cooperatives
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Problem: Small businesses have limited access to growth and recovery opportunities Solution: Small business resilience and recovery through secondary cooperative models
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This Play in Action: The CoRise Illinois Pilot
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What’s the win?
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Getting started
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This Play in Action: Washington, D.C.’s Community Purchasing Alliance
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Conclusion
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Appendix
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Endnotes
