| Dr. Geoffrey Gusoff with HAN member UCLA Health co-authored with HAN and Gery W. Ryan a study in 2023 on healthcare partnerships with community wealth building (CWB) organizations that included worker cooperatives. Read about Evergreen Cooperative Laundry in the National Association of Development Organizations article: The Evergreen Cooperative Laundry (ECL) is a true wealth creation story – a story of community wealth building, anchoring wealth locally, and building lasting livelihoods for those on the economic margins. The story began with the Cleveland Foundation bringing together partners including the City of Cleveland, the Cleveland Clinic and other anchor institutions to determine how they could create generational impacts, living wage jobs and employee ownership, while keeping wealth local. |
