CoApp Sponsor of Up & Coming

CoApp is excited to announce that we will be sponsoring the premier start-up grocery conference of the year, Up & Coming! This conference has been such a beacon of support and education to co-ops across the country and we wanted to do our part to contribute to the success of the conference!

Join CoApp Founders, Katie Novak of Katie Novak Cooperative Coaching, and Jess Buttimer, Prairie Food Co-op Board member and long-term volunteer at Up & Coming May 19-21 in Madison, WI. And great news, scholarship applications are now being accepted and are due Feb 11, 2022.

Looking forward to seeing you and sharing more information about CoApp with you at Up & Coming!


If you don't follow Start.coop, you should. They have a great newsletter that is jam-packed with great resources. In this month's newsletter, they announced their new Job Board, a place to easily find and share cooperative job opportunities. I am often asked by co-ops where to post job openings - especially for the role of …

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We'll discuss what neighborhood canvassing is, why it's useful, execution tips, and ways to measure your success!  Join Katie on January 26, 2023, at 12 noon CST! This session will be recorded and distributed to all who have registered. Feel free to invite other members of your co-op to attend! Coffee with Katie is a …

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Last year at this time I was inspired by my work with Southside Food Co-op in Chicago to learn more about the connections between Kwanzaa and Cooperative Principles. It's invigorating and exciting to learn more about this African-American celebration and how it so closely relates to the cooperative movement. I am by no means anything …

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