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AMHC CO-OP NEWS BLOG
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Early Winter Months 2008 |
AMHC board break. AMHC Board members
participating in the Master Planning Process for California
Kirkbride and Brighton Corridor in effort to further "A
Growing Community" master plan. |
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December 2008 |
Happy New Years. |
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October November 2008 |
Twilight Market ends. End of year
report and budget completed. AMHC activities were funded entirely
through grants and donations. Membership equity was unused and we
came in 400 under budget. |
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September
2008 |
Funding and Membership drive
Goal: Membership Equity Drive Phase 2 - Open membership drive
and issue capital certificates. Approach funding sources. |
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Project Focus Spring Summer 2008
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Coalition Building
Stakeholders Meetings
Membership base Outreach
Leadership base Outreach
Goal: Membership Equity Drive Phase 1 - Brand Establishment
Trust building. Primary marketing vehicle Twilight Market farmers
market. |
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| May
2008 |
Twilight market to open on June 7th
at Mechanics retreat park. The AMHC membership drive will coincide
with the farmers market and will be the primary marketing vehicle
for the membership equity drive.
Online membership and payment system
will be open on June 7th.
Information about the farmers
Market
http://northsidecoop.com/farmers.htm
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April (30th) |
Rebirth
Where there once was a vacant lot of
deteriorating concrete and a makeshift garbage dump a garden took
root. The soil is filled with worms and the their are many plants
growing in the new soil and mulch. This is a good because the mother
bird needs to only hop down to feed her babies.
Garden Location: 1527 Brighton Road
Garden |
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April (Late) |
Twilight Market - Concept
space of the market established and planning has been completed.
Implementation underway. Market to open at the end of May 2008. |
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April (mid) |
Megan Cook of Urban Foodworks named
manager of the AMHC farmers market. |
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| March 28-29 2008 |
AMHC staged a wonderful booth at the Farm to Table
Conference at the Pittsburgh Convention Center. Many thanks to Elena
Firsova for designing and setting up the booth. Thanks to Becky and
Evelyn for making the AMHC presence a complete success! |
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| March 28-29 2008 |
Membership Executive Director to be hired by AMHC to
work with project coordinator Michele Johnson. Job Description
distributed to food industry community. |
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| March 2008 |
1527 Brighton road being privately developed for
community use. 8,100 sf lot will be the first member producer space.
Space to include greenhouses and commercial space for crafters and
gardeners who wish to sell at the AMHC farmers market and future
food Coop. |
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| March 2008 |
Stakeholders Dinner and Presentation was a complete
success |
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| February - March |
AMHC receives private donations in materials, meeting
space and financial support. |
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| February 2008 |
Coalition building initiated. Stakeholders,
associates, membership, volunteer drive under way. |
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| February 2008 |
AMHC membership drive materials finalized and ready
for public review |
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| January 2008 |
AMHC wins grass roots Community Connections grant
through the Sprout Fund |
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| January 2008 |
Initiative Incorporated as Allegheny market House
Cooperative |
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| December 2008 |
Project vision and and initial planning complete. |
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| November 2007 |
Project Coordinator hired by AMHC |
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| August 26th 2007 |
NCGC has been renamed to AMHC or Allegheny Market
House Cooperative |
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| April 28th 2007 |
Membership drive planning is on our plate. We are
still working out the technical details of this task. |
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| April 7th |
The Steering Committee approved the final draft of by
laws to be used during the initial stages of the Coop and for
incorporation. The project steering committee
committed to the revival of the Northside Market House. The AMHC
location will
be known as the Allegheny Market House. |
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| Summer 07 |
Thrivent donation of soil to 1527 Brighton. |
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| March |
Coop actively seeking to stabilize vacant lots along
Brighton road. Sunflowers and public art will be placed along lots
on Brighton road. |
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| January 22: |
After a long break the
AMHC Steering
Committee is back at a work. Apparently not everyone was really on
holiday break. many documents have been worked on and generated, the
AMHC
Urban Gardening Working Group was formed and important
associations with other urban farmers were made. 2007 looks to be a
very productive year and our community goal is in site and
close to our hearts.
Look for committee and
working group start ups in January and February.
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Happy Holidays! |
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| December 4th
Feasibility Study near completion and call for feedback. |
North Side residence called on to participate in
Feasibility Study.
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November 2006: |
Coro fellow Nancy Castillo started work with the Coop
Steering Committee Feasibility team. |
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Northsidecoop.com domain established |
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AED (Architecture Engineering and Design) Committee
established |
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Northside CDCs and other organized leadership
contacted regarding the community grocer coop intentions and goals. |
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Fall 2006 CMU Brighton Corridor Urban Lab Completed |
After three community meetings
dealing with the neighborhood redevelopment of the Brighton Corridor
the community voted on a Food Cooperative and Urban Agriculture
Initiative to be the direction Brighton Corridor should follow.
Residents and neighborhood stakeholders participated in all three
phases of the neighborhood design. |
A Growing Community project vision.
AMHC and local residents do not
endorse removal of any buildings along Brighton corridor but do
support the careful inclusion of green space, where vacant lots are
available, and a food cooperative on Brighton corridor. |
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| October 6th 2006: Work
assignments distributed and working documents established. |
Feasibility Study is in full swing
Site location are being identified, compared and
analyzed.
Initial draft of By laws doc in progress
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| September 30th 2006:
Steering Committee established. |
Steering Committee: The mandate of the Northside Grocer Co-op steering
committee is to produce the business plan, feasibility study,
identify and procure grocer property while ensuring spirit and community
needs are met by involving people of the community. The steering
committee is tasked with identifying potential Co-op managers, board
members and eventually relinquishing control of the project to the board
of directors.
The steering committee is the first formal group
working towards the formation of the Northside grocer Co-op. At
the first general membership meeting, an official board of directors is
elected.
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| September 2006 |
Grocer Cooperative presented at general public
meeting at the Central Northside Neighborhood Council. |
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| September 2006: |
First ad hoc grocer meeting |
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| August 2006: |
Public project established |
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| August 11th 2006 |
Coop Vision document distributed to the Northside
Community. |
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