Posts by Lorne Bell
Announcing Our Store Location!
We have agreed to purchase 2 Powder Mill Road in Maynard, the future home of our locally sourced, community-owned grocery store! This riverside property is the former location of Suburban Glass & Mirror and will allow us to build a beautiful cooperative grocery store with almost 6,000 square feet of retail space, 35 parking spaces,…
Read MoreFirst Store Rendering, New Name, New Logo!
It’s gettin real now! We’ll be announcing our Maynard site in the next few weeks – in the meantime, we’re psyched to share our first store site rendering! This is a rough sketch showing the footprint of the building and parking. Details such as the roof line may change, and we’ll have our final architect’s…
Read MoreSite Announcement & Capital Campaign Are Coming!
Co-op Owners and Supporters, It’s Time … Should all go well, we will announce the Maynard location of our locally sourced, community-owned grocery store in the next few weeks! And yes, we will OWN our grocery store property! Here’s what this means for ALL of us … Owners, Our Capital Campaign is Coming! The Owner…
Read MoreBoard Statement on Racism, Food Justice and Our Co-op Community
Dear Co-op Owners and Supporters, The Board of the Assabet Village Co-op Market would like to add our voice to the chorus of others and say: Black Lives Matter. Full Stop. As your elected leaders, we recognize that there is work for us to do. So please consider this only the first of what will…
Read MoreJune News: Site Progress, Prepping for Fall Capital Campaign!
We’ll keep this June update short and very sweet. Negotiations on the potential site for our locally sourced, community-owned grocery store are making progress in Maynard. We’re awaiting a number of inspections, reports, and drawings before we’ll know it’s a done deal or not, but should all go well, we hope to announce our location…
Read MoreOwners: Take Our Products & Services Survey!
What Do You Want Your Community-Owned Grocery Store to Offer?! Owners, we need your input! As we get closer to securing a site for our community-owned grocery store, the Board would like to learn more about your thoughts on our new store and the products and services we will offer. Please take a few minutes…
Read MorePotential Purchase in the Works – Building Inspector Hired!
Dear Co-op Owners and Supporters, We have two exciting pieces of news to share: FIRST, we can confirm now that we are in negotiations to PURCHASE our own Maynard property for our community-owned grocery store! What does that mean? Should this go as planned, we will literally OWN our food cooperative and not be beholden…
Read More5k-Square-Foot Site Being Pursued in Maynard, Volunteers Jumping In!
Plus, take a virtual tour of another 5k-square-foot-store below! And as the pandemic spreads, co-ops across the country go above and beyond … Ready for some positive news?! We are in negotiations on a site for our locally sourced, community-owned grocery store – a potential 5,000-square-foot retail space in Maynard! While we know our Co-op…
Read MoreTake Our Free Online “Victory Garden Class”!
Take Our Free Online “Victory Garden” Class with Daisy Hill Farm! Build a sustainable food source at home. Get healthy outside with your family. Come together across our Co-op Community. Click the video below to watch our Free Online Victory Garden Class with Daisy Hill Farm! Farmer Kate Despres is providing this service to everyone…
Read MoreSite Negotiations Have Begun! Plus, Coronavirus Resources …
Co-op Site Negotiations Are On!!! While we can’t offer specifics, we are in preliminary negotiations with at least one of the 11 potential sites we’re targeting for our locally sourced, community-owned grocery store, and search director Rob Olney is working around the clock. At this stage, we must be extremely sensitive to the negotiations process…
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