Poudre Valley Coop History:
- Founded in 1947 at North College St in Fort Collins,
Colorado
- Moved to Present Location (225 N.W. Frontage Rd.)
in 1976
- Poudre Valley Cooperative has about
2100 members in 1994 located primarily in Larimer,
Weld, Adams and Boulder Counties, as well as in Laramie
County, Wyoming.
- Building Expansion of the Ace Hardware Store in
2002
What is a Cooperative?
A cooperative is a business that is owned and operated
by the people who use it. The owners are also the customers.
A cooperative may be any kind of business - a utility,
an insurance company, or a farm supply store such as
Poudre Valley Coop. Poudre Valley Coop follows four basic
principals of operation:
- Open Membership: Membership is voluntary and without
regard to race, religion, sex, age or partisan politics.
- Democratic Control: Cooperatives are owner and controlled
by their members.
- Patronage Refunds: This principle is the heart of
the cooperative way of doing business. Cooperative
exist solely to meet the needs of their members for
goods and services. They do not exist to make money
for investors.
- Limited or no interest on equity capital: This principle
ensures that control of the cooperative will remain
in the hands of all the members. Control cannot be
seized by an individual or a small group of investors.
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