RE: don't close: convert to a cooperative! (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Mooo!

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 09:52:08 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > From: "Steve Rasmussen" <http://www.milkpail.com/~milkpail>
 >  > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 09:38:38 -0700
 >  > 
 >  >  Hi  Noelle,
 >  >  Both  of  my  daughters  have  had  and  still  are  doing  stints  as  
 >  >  managers  for  the  Milk  Pail  store.   They  are  23  and  24.
 >  >  I  have  been  affiliated  with  worker  owned  stores  ever  since  I  
 >  >  supplied  raw
 >  >  milk  to  the  Briarpatch  market  on  Bay  road  in  Menlo  Park  in  the  
 >  >  1970's.
 >  >  The  situation  with  the  Milk  Pail  was  that  my  daughters  decided  
 >  >  for  very  good
 >  >  reasons  that  they  did  not  want  to  carry  the  business  on  at  this 
 >  >  time.
 >  >  Meanwhile,  business  had  declined  greatly  due  to  some  major  
 >  >  external  reasons.
 >  >  There  is  a  Community  Market  growing  out  of  inspiration  in  West  
 >  >  Oakland currently...  you  many  know  about  this?
 >  >  For  the  Milk  Pail  to  resurrect  itself  and  become  a  Rainbow  
 >  >  Market  would  be  interesting,  but  difficult.
 >  >  Thanks
 >  >  Steve