Will David Roang still be involved with the Basics Cooperative?
Absolutely! David became the first owner of the Co-op and is on the Board of Directors. Here is his letter to the customers of Basics: You have enjoyed Basics for 27 years. You have watched the business grow and flourish, and I hope you will join me on the next great step for Basics. I would like to invite you to become an owner of Basics. How can you become an owner of Basics? A cooperative! A cooperative is simply a type of business in which the ownership interests are held by the customers. It operates for the benefit of all of its customers, not necessarily to make a profit. By joining together, you can ensure that Basics continues to be everything you want. Basics will become a sustainable, democratically controlled, economically fair form of business ownership. This is not a new idea. The natural food industry is full of examples of very successful food cooperatives, all owned and run by their customers. And, importantly to me, its an idea that my dad had before he died. When he
