Co-op

Tom's Market owner Jeff Gray signed an agreement with the Yellow Springs Community Foundation to let the foundation take over the store and make it a co-op. The foundation will hold a town hall in April and give updates.

After decades of private, local ownership, Tom's Market is considering becoming a co-op grocery store. That would mean community members can share ownership and input on operations at the store.

The Clifton Crafthouse Co-op recently kicked off its concept market space. That’s for members to teach classes or sell products they make. It also received a $350 thousand dollar USDA rural business development grant, and now, it's looking to expand its members.

Anyone who knows anything about Antioch knows about the cooperative education, or co-op, program. For Antioch students co-op is a chance to learn new…