Built together. Owned together.
Anderson Island Food Co-op is a new, separate, community-owned business being developed to restore everyday essentials, fresh food, fuel, and a place to connect.
Member-owned. Open to all.
Our food co-op will look like a typical grocery store where anyone can shop. The difference is that members own the store and every member has an equal vote. Your voice matters, so decisions stay close to home.
Here on our island, we already have experience with a co-op through Tanner Electric. Shared ownership spreads responsibility and can keep the store a community resource beyond any one person.
We seek to be a flourishing marketplace, welcoming all with everyday essentials, fresh food, and community for generations to come.
Anderson Island Co-op is a community-owned marketplace that provides everyday essentials, fresh food and joyful service.
Respectful
We treat everyone with respect, value every voice, and care for each other and our island environment.
Supportive
We uplift and support one another while championing local farmers, makers, and small businesses.
Inclusive
Everyone is welcome here. We honor our island’s history and culture, celebrate our differences, and strengthen our community together.
Interim leadership
This structure is temporary. Once the store is established, the Steering Committee and Interim Board will dissolve, and co-op members will elect the store’s first member-elected Board of Directors.
Interim Board
Thompson Morrison — President
Kolbi Christianson — Vice President
Tom Barker — Treasurer
Rachel Kurtz-McAlaine — Secretary
Steering Committee
Tom Barker
Kolbi Christianson
Lisa Knowles
Rachel Kurtz-McAlaine
Patty Lampman
Thompson Morrison
Liat Parker
Ann Prater
Craig Richards
Sofia Sabeti
Val Teters
Joe Winkler
Bylaws for the work of building the store.
The Interim Board adopted intentionally limited bylaws for the organizing and startup period. They allow the co-op to do the practical work of getting established while the community develops the permanent membership and governance structure. They are interim bylaws, not the final member bylaws.