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Working Groups and Committees are open to Everyone

 

Board Trustee and Committee Leadership participation in the AMHC:

The food cooperative urban agriculture and small business development initiative is a Brighton Corridor community redevelopment project. We are seeking leadership and highly capable individuals to lead and participate in committees. There are four business districts on the Northside each with organized and well represented CDCs working towards revitalizing their neighborhood business districts.

 

Business Districts and responsible Community Development Corporations:

East Allegheny – Northside Leadership Conference

Central Northside – CNNC and MWSS

Allegheny West – Allegheny West Civic Council

Brighton Corridor – Allegheny Market House Cooperative

 

The AMHC mandate is to build a market house cooperative and encourage member producer business development on Brighten corridor. It is understood and encouraged that stakeholders of business districts outside of the Brighton Corridor participate in the development of the AMHC. AMHC requires any new members seeking leadership roles in the development of the food cooperative portion of the initiative act as fiduciaries of the AMHC as they would with any community development corporation bound to a geographic area. The AMHC imitative works towards the sustainable development of the Brighton Corridor community and is at the forefront of providing food products to the Northside and Pittsburgh area

 
   
AMHC Urban Agriculture Working Group

 
This committee will focus on the reuse of vacant lots and buildings for agri/aquaculture. The Urban Agriculture Working Group will work in conjunction with the AMHC food coop to ensure a local food supply. The AMHC-UAWG  sets the foundation for local micro farmer business and gardeners by providing common use and cooperatively used land.  The AMHC-UAWG enables the independent local farmer by providing technical expertise, association, tool share, seed and a cooperative working environment.

1. Lot research, acquisition and stabilization. Conversion of land to common space.

2. Neighborhood outreach, involvement and education by working with the AMHC education committee and other organizations.

3. Instill local food culture values in the AMHC food coop through authoritive participation on the AMHC board of directors.

4. Ensure fair local purchasing

5. Set standards and possibly create local certification to ensure safe locally produced agriculture.

6. Plan and implement a cooperative local farmer and local market business structure.

7. Create an AMHC member owned green house and enable others to build or have space in a common greenhouse.

8. Develop fair relations with CSAs outside of the Northside in order to guarantee local food supply.

9. Develop AMHC member shared farm estate to be used as a retreat for farming, swimming, relaxing etc.

 

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AMHC Urban Agriculture

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AMHC Northside Grocer Coop Project Trustees
AMHC Project Planning and Implementation

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AMHC Steering Committee

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AMHC Membership Committees  
This committee oversees the membership aspect of the Coop. This involves working with the design and marketing committee on spreading the word of the Coop, and getting people interested, excited, and wanting to join. This group will organize incoming members’ information, payments, and ideas on what the coop should look like and contain. This group will be the most visible presence in the community, working closely with the public, and understanding how to meet the needs of its members.
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AMHC Membership

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Locations and Partnership Advisory Group  

This advisory group includes professionals; interested organizations, developers realtors, partners, investors and owners wishing to discuss the physical location of the Northside Community Grocer Cooperative. All areas near Brighton road are considered possible locations for the Coop.
 
   
AMHC Architecture Engineering & Design  
This committee will work closely with the locations committee, touring spaces and considering the feasibility of the spaces based on the coops needs. Space, lighting, context and interior layout limitations and strengths as well as appropriateness of adaptation are all considered. This group will work closely with the Location Advisors Committee and Design Committee. This group will organize a ruff cost assessment, and a rough time-line estimation of renovations/development.

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AMHC Urban Agriculture

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AMHC Product Development  
This committee will focus on deciding what kinds of products the coop will carry. This includes which food distributors will be chosen and why, searching for products that are high quality but affordable, and considering the needs and interests of the economically and racially diverse make up of the Northside. This group necessitates people who either know a lot about many different kinds of food, or who are willing to be active researchers. Being local products are preferred above other products the product development team works with the Urban Agriculture working group and provides the Steering Committee with product needs in order to assist development of local micro businesses.

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AMHC Product Development

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AMHC Education  
This committee will focus on educating the community on the process of obtaining locally grown, organic food, composting, reclaiming soil, gardening, healthy living, and nutrition. This may include, organizing and developing free or low-cost programs for the community, and pursuing schools to visit the coop or taking information into schools.

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AMHC-Education

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AMHC Marketing, Art, Design & PR  
This creative group from various backgrounds will holistically create the adaptive and transient look and feel of the Grocer Coop. Using art, design and marketing this committee will find innovative ways to make everyone welcome. From concept to the smallest detail creative ideas which add to the coop experience will come from this group. This committee will be comprised of concept artists' designers, marketing/PR minded people along with creative practicing media workers. This group includes designers, artists, architects, marketers and visionaries focused on the general atmosphere and community interpretation of the co-op. They will guide the design of the website and newsletter, approve news releases which relate to the local community and greater Pittsburgh. The group will work with local academic and professional groups in order to gain additional critique and feedback. Upon the opening of the Coop, this committee will design the signage, product placement and decide on transient inner and outer décor and maintenance of the startup concept.

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MADPR

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AMHC Financing  

This committee will brainstorm and implement the financial strategy for the start-up of the coOp. This will involve understanding all of the financing options, advising which is most effective and appropriate for the coOp, securing loans and/or needed grants, and other types of fundraising, preferably within the community.

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AMHC-Finance

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