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Ted Howard may be the founder, but this really is a partnership between many organisations and local institutions.The Evergreen Cooperative Initiative was created in 2008 by the Democracy Collaborative, in partnership with the Cleveland Foundation, the Ohio Employee Ownership Center, the City of Cleveland; and the city’s major hospitals and universities are helping to implement a new model of large-scale worker-owned and community-benefiting businesses. The initiative is beginning to build serious momentum in one of the cities most dramatically impacted by the nation’s decaying economy. Local residents earn an ownership stake as they create thriving businesses, while playing a transformational role in building vibrant neighbourhoods.