We have a nifty new tool to share information with you about your Co-op's progress!

We want you to have access to more detail about the many steps involved to get our Co-op open. 

What is a 'secondary purchasing co-op' and why is Chicago Market joining one? Who is INFRA?

SHORT STORY
We are excited that we've taken the next big milestone step in the process related to the Chicago Recovery Program (CRP) Grant we've received this summer!

We often explain that one of the strengths of a co-op is that Owners have a voice in our store. Today we have an exciting example of that to share.

Chicago Market has always held the internationally recognized Seven Cooperative Principles as guides and we've committed to following them in our Bylaws and Policy Governance documents.

But we know we can hold ourselves accountable to more, so it's exciting that at the Board's recommendation, our Owners have now also approved and added six additional principles to guide us in our work.

Candidates for the Board of Directors are asked a series of questions to help the Owners of Chicago Market make an informed decision. Here is the response from our candidate this year:

During this year’s Annual Meeting, in addition to the traditional vote for Board member candidates you see each year, we have an additional item which are the following proposed Bylaw amendments. These proposed amendments were made after months of deliberation, review, revisions, etc. and were unanimously approved by your Board to be brought forward to the Owners for a vote. To that end, we strongly encourage a yes vote for the adoption of all amendments.

Today Chicago Market was selected by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to receive
over $5 million in grant funds to
make our store a reality!

Much has happened since we provided our last update on the project and we're excited to share that there’s been quite a bit of activity in the past few months at Chicago Market.

We're feeling pretty excited this week!